Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Granite 3.0 8b Instruct

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.6 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B Google

29.9

Rank #301 Confirmed

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct IBM

31.6

Rank #270 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 8b Instruct in 3 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Granite 3.0 8b Instruct leads 32.8 to 14.2.
  • Granite 3.0 8b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8BGranite 3.0 8b Instruct
ProviderGoogleIBM
Noometry Index29.931.6
Released2024-10-03—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
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Results tracked2114

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 35.5 (#225), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 29.7 (#301)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGranite 3.0 8b Instruct
LMArena Coding12181112
BigCodeBench Instruct—29.3%
BigCodeBench Complete—35.4%

Reasoning Too close to call

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 20.0 (#244), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 20.9 (#230)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGranite 3.0 8b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts12091092
DTBench50%—

Math Granite 3.0 8b Instruct leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 14.2 (#302), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 32.8 (#210)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGranite 3.0 8b Instruct
LMArena Math12071143
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20254.6%—

Knowledge Granite 3.0 8b Instruct leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#289), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 29.6 (#236)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGranite 3.0 8b Instruct
LMArena Expert11851087
GPQA Diamond33%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 28.2 (#115), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: —

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

Multilingual Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.5 (#229), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 27.2 (#276)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGranite 3.0 8b Instruct
LMArena Non-English12151037
LMArena Chinese12311063
LMArena Russian12361060
LMArena French1234—
LMArena German1206—
LMArena Japanese1150—
LMArena Korean1140—
LMArena Spanish1212—

Instruction Following Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 62.8 (#236), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 56.0 (#276)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGranite 3.0 8b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following11991088

Long Context Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 37.0 (#225), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 34.0 (#252)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGranite 3.0 8b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query12191122

Writing & Preference Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 42.8 (#232), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 31.1 (#285)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGranite 3.0 8b Instruct
LMArena Text12261096
LMArena Creative Writing12181071
LMArena Multi-Turn11851063

Frequently asked questions

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

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.6 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

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

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.5 versus 29.7 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Granite 3.0 8b 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 8b Instruct has 14.

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