Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Granite 3.0 2b Instruct

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Granite 3.0 2b Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.7 vs 30.2), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B Google

29.7

Rank #292 Confirmed

Granite 3.0 2b Instruct IBM

30.2

Rank #284 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher in 5 categories and Granite 3.0 2b Instruct in 3 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Granite 3.0 2b Instruct leads 29.7 to 13.3.
  • Granite 3.0 2b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8BGranite 3.0 2b Instruct
ProviderGoogleIBM
Noometry Index29.730.2
Released2024-10-03—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked2113

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 34.9 (#221), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 27.8 (#311)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGranite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Coding12181090
BigCodeBench Instruct—20.5%

Reasoning Too close to call

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 19.2 (#242), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 19.6 (#234)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGranite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts12101073
DTBench50%—

Math Granite 3.0 2b Instruct leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 13.3 (#296), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.7 (#215)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGranite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Math12071117
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20254.6%—

Knowledge Granite 3.0 2b Instruct leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#285), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 28.4 (#238)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGranite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Expert11851064
GPQA Diamond33%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 27.6 (#110), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: —

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGranite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Vision1044—

Multilingual Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.6 (#224), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 27.1 (#273)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGranite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Non-English12151033
LMArena Chinese12311070
LMArena Russian12361045
LMArena French1233—
LMArena German1206—
LMArena Japanese1150—
LMArena Korean1140—
LMArena Spanish1212—

Instruction Following Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 63.1 (#231), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 54.2 (#279)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGranite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following11991056

Long Context Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 36.9 (#220), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 32.5 (#263)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGranite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query12191071

Writing & Preference Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 43.0 (#227), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.8 (#287)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGranite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Text12261080
LMArena Creative Writing12181046
LMArena Multi-Turn11851053

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B better than Granite 3.0 2b Instruct?

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Granite 3.0 2b Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.7 vs 30.2), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B or Granite 3.0 2b Instruct better for coding?

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.9 versus 27.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Granite 3.0 2b Instruct share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21 scored results on Noometry and Granite 3.0 2b Instruct has 13.

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