Model comparison
Gemini 1.0 Pro vs Granite 4.0 Micro
Granite 4.0 Micro is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.0 to 27.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.0 Pro scores higher in 1 category and Granite 4.0 Micro in 4 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in instruction following, where Granite 4.0 Micro leads 69.9 to 57.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 34% for Gemini 1.0 Pro and 28.3% for Granite 4.0 Micro.
- Granite 4.0 Micro has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 1.0 Pro | Granite 4.0 Micro | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | |
| Noometry Index | 27.3 | 29.0 |
| Released | 2023-12-13 | 2025-10-02 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 118K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.017 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.11 |
| Results tracked | 24 | 8 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Gemini 1.0 Pro: 32.2 (#275), Granite 4.0 Micro: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1108 | — |
| HumanEval+ | 55.5% | — |
| MBPP+ | 61.4% | — |
Reasoning Granite 4.0 Micro leads
Gemini 1.0 Pro: 17.1 (#296), Granite 4.0 Micro: 19.2 (#265)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1109 | — |
| DTBench | 45.9% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 117.04 | — |
Math Granite 4.0 Micro leads
Gemini 1.0 Pro: 9.3 (#321), Granite 4.0 Micro: 12.0 (#307)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.1% | 2.8% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 20.9% |
| LMArena Math | 1132 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.2% | — |
Knowledge Gemini 1.0 Pro leads
Gemini 1.0 Pro: 15.6 (#291), Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#304)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 34% | 28.3% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 39.5% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 30.7% |
| LMArena Expert | 1059 | — |
| MMLU | 70% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemini 1.0 Pro: 33.4 (#252), Granite 4.0 Micro: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1138 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1124 | — |
| LMArena French | 1145 | — |
| LMArena German | 1125 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1023 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1186 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1119 | — |
Instruction Following Granite 4.0 Micro leads
Gemini 1.0 Pro: 57.6 (#267), Granite 4.0 Micro: 69.9 (#169)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | — | 84.9% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1114 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemini 1.0 Pro: 34.3 (#249), Granite 4.0 Micro: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1132 | — |
Writing & Preference Granite 4.0 Micro leads
Gemini 1.0 Pro: 36.0 (#264), Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#216)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1149 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1131 | — |
| WildBench | — | 67% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1139 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.0 Pro better than Granite 4.0 Micro?
Granite 4.0 Micro is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.0 to 27.3 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.0 Pro and Granite 4.0 Micro share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.0 Pro has 24 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 Micro has 8.