Model comparison
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) vs Granite 3.1 8b Instruct
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.9 to 31.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) scores higher in 5 categories and Granite 3.1 8b Instruct in 4 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads 48.9 to 35.7.
- Granite 3.1 8b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | |
| Noometry Index | 32.9 | 31.8 |
| Released | 2024-05-14 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 42 | 13 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 33.9 (#233), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 33.9 (#232)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1262 | 1186 |
| WeirdML | 24.9% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 43.5% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 55.1% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 75.6% | — |
| MBPP+ | 67.5% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.3 (#97), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 23.9 (#113)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 27.1% |
| BALROG | 14.6% | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 20.8 (#212), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 21.2 (#204)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1257 | 1146 |
| DTBench | 53.8% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 129.37 | — |
| ForecastBench | 53.9 | — |
| PIQA | 87.5% | — |
Math Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 20.8 (#274), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 30.4 (#210)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1269 | 1152 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 16.3% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 30.4% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 61.9% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 0% | — |
| GSM8K | 82.4% | — |
Knowledge Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.2 (#253), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 30.6 (#218)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1233 | 1142 |
| GPQA Diamond | 47.3% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 67.8% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 43.7% | — |
| BoolQ | 85.8% | — |
| MMLU | 77.9% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 35.3 (#76), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1141 | — |
| Video-MME | 70.3% | — |
| GeoBench | 76% | — |
Multilingual Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 43.1 (#184), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 31.1 (#255)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1278 | 1099 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1295 | 1145 |
| LMArena Russian | 1288 | 1092 |
| LMArena French | 1257 | — |
| LMArena German | 1262 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1252 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1220 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1242 | — |
Instruction Following Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 67.0 (#199), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 58.9 (#254)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1258 | 1131 |
| IFEval | 83.1% | — |
Long Context Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 39.0 (#182), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 35.2 (#236)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1284 | 1162 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 48.9 (#190), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 35.7 (#261)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1287 | 1150 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1285 | 1129 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1253 | 1108 |
| WildBench | 79.2% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) better than Granite 3.1 8b Instruct?
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.9 to 31.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) or Granite 3.1 8b Instruct better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (33.9 vs 33.9); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and Granite 3.1 8b Instruct share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) has 42 scored results on Noometry and Granite 3.1 8b Instruct has 13.