Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Granite 3.1 8b Instruct

Granite 3.1 8b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.8 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B Google

29.7

Rank #292 Confirmed

Granite 3.1 8b Instruct IBM

31.8

Rank #256 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher in 5 categories and Granite 3.1 8b Instruct in 3 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads 30.4 to 13.3.
  • Granite 3.1 8b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8BGranite 3.1 8b Instruct
ProviderGoogleIBM
Noometry Index29.731.8
Released2024-10-03—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
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Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked2113

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 34.9 (#221), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 33.9 (#232)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGranite 3.1 8b Instruct
LMArena Coding12181186

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: —, Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 23.9 (#113)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGranite 3.1 8b Instruct
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—27.1%

Reasoning Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 19.2 (#242), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 21.2 (#204)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGranite 3.1 8b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts12101146
DTBench50%—

Math Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 13.3 (#296), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 30.4 (#210)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGranite 3.1 8b Instruct
LMArena Math12071152
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20254.6%—

Knowledge Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#285), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 30.6 (#218)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGranite 3.1 8b Instruct
LMArena Expert11851142
GPQA Diamond33%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 27.6 (#110), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: —

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGranite 3.1 8b Instruct
LMArena Vision1044—

Multilingual Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.6 (#224), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 31.1 (#255)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGranite 3.1 8b Instruct
LMArena Non-English12151099
LMArena Chinese12311145
LMArena Russian12361092
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 3.1 8b Instruct: 58.9 (#254)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGranite 3.1 8b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following11991131

Long Context Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 36.9 (#220), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 35.2 (#236)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGranite 3.1 8b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query12191162

Writing & Preference Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 43.0 (#227), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 35.7 (#261)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGranite 3.1 8b Instruct
LMArena Text12261150
LMArena Creative Writing12181129
LMArena Multi-Turn11851108

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B better than Granite 3.1 8b Instruct?

Granite 3.1 8b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.8 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B or Granite 3.1 8b Instruct better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (34.9 vs 33.9); test both on your own repository before choosing.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Granite 3.1 8b Instruct share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21 scored results on Noometry and Granite 3.1 8b Instruct has 13.

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