Model comparison
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) vs Granite 4.0 Micro
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.2 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 7 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 7 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) scores higher in 4 categories and Granite 4.0 Micro in 1 category; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads 26.2 to 9.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MMLU-Pro: 67.8% for Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and 39.5% for Granite 4.0 Micro.
- Granite 4.0 Micro has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Granite 4.0 Micro | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | |
| Noometry Index | 33.2 | 29.0 |
| Released | 2024-05-14 | 2025-10-02 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 118K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.017 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.11 |
| Results tracked | 42 | 8 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 34.4 (#236), Granite 4.0 Micro: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 24.9% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 43.5% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1261 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 55.1% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 75.6% | — |
| MBPP+ | 67.5% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.6 (#102), Granite 4.0 Micro: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | 14.6% | — |
Reasoning Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 21.7 (#215), Granite 4.0 Micro: 19.2 (#265)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1257 | — |
| DTBench | 53.8% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 129.36 | — |
| ForecastBench | 53.9 | — |
| PIQA | 87.5% | — |
Math Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 22.1 (#281), Granite 4.0 Micro: 12.0 (#307)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 16.3% | 2.8% |
| Omni-MATH | 30.4% | 20.9% |
| LMArena Math | 1269 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 61.9% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 0% | — |
| GSM8K | 82.4% | — |
Knowledge Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.2 (#260), Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#304)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 47.3% | 28.3% |
| MMLU-Pro | 67.8% | 39.5% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 43.7% | 30.7% |
| LMArena Expert | 1233 | — |
| BoolQ | 85.8% | — |
| MMLU | 77.9% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 36.0 (#81), Granite 4.0 Micro: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1141 | — |
| Video-MME | 70.3% | — |
| GeoBench | 76% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 42.9 (#189), Granite 4.0 Micro: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1278 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1295 | — |
| LMArena French | 1258 | — |
| LMArena German | 1262 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1252 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1221 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1288 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1243 | — |
Instruction Following Granite 4.0 Micro leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 66.8 (#205), Granite 4.0 Micro: 69.9 (#169)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 83.1% | 84.9% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1258 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 39.0 (#187), Granite 4.0 Micro: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1284 | — |
Writing & Preference Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 48.7 (#196), Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#216)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| WildBench | 79.2% | 67% |
| LMArena Text | 1287 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1285 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1253 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) better than Granite 4.0 Micro?
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.2 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and Granite 4.0 Micro share?
7 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) has 42 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 Micro has 8.