Model comparison
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) vs Granite 4.2 30b
Granite 4.2 30b is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.8 to 32.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) scores higher in 0 categories and Granite 4.2 30b in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Granite 4.2 30b leads 27.8 to 12.3.
- Granite 4.2 30b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Granite 4.2 30b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | |
| Noometry Index | 32.1 | 41.8 |
| Released | 2024-02-15 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 45 | 11 |
Sponsored placements are available on pages like this one. Advertise on Noometry
Category by category
Coding Granite 4.2 30b leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 34.2 (#241), Granite 4.2 30b: 41.0 (#126)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1294 | 1396 |
| WeirdML | 22.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 43.8% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 57.5% | — |
| CadEval | 34% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 79.3% | — |
| MBPP+ | 74.6% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 17.9 (#145), Granite 4.2 30b: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | 3.4% | — |
| Cybench | 7.5% | — |
| BALROG | 21% | — |
Reasoning Granite 4.2 30b leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 12.3 (#338), Granite 4.2 30b: 27.8 (#112)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1296 | 1374 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0.8% | — |
| SimpleBench | 27.1% | — |
| DTBench | 59% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 89.2% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 131.73 | — |
| ForecastBench | 58.4 | — |
Math Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 25.8 (#266), Granite 4.2 30b: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 23.1% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 36.4% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1315 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 70.4% | — |
Knowledge Granite 4.2 30b leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 29.4 (#239), Granite 4.2 30b: 39.1 (#138)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1279 | 1406 |
| GPQA Diamond | 57.2% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 4.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 73.7% | — |
| Confabulations | 13.5% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 53.4% | — |
| MMLU | 86.9% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 36.8 (#77), Granite 4.2 30b: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1161 | — |
| Video-MME | 75% | — |
Multilingual Granite 4.2 30b leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 45.3 (#174), Granite 4.2 30b: 47.3 (#151)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1312 | 1340 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1331 | 1414 |
| LMArena Russian | 1320 | 1343 |
| LMArena French | 1302 | — |
| LMArena German | 1286 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1292 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1298 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1311 | — |
Instruction Following Granite 4.2 30b leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 68.6 (#185), Granite 4.2 30b: 71.2 (#155)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1297 | 1347 |
| IFEval | 83.7% | — |
Long Context Granite 4.2 30b leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 39.8 (#169), Granite 4.2 30b: 41.4 (#140)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1308 | 1359 |
Writing & Preference Granite 4.2 30b leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 52.4 (#172), Granite 4.2 30b: 53.8 (#156)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1319 | 1361 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1333 | 1288 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1296 | 1339 |
| WildBench | 81.3% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) better than Granite 4.2 30b?
Granite 4.2 30b is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.8 to 32.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) or Granite 4.2 30b better for coding?
Granite 4.2 30b scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.0 versus 34.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) and Granite 4.2 30b share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) has 45 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.2 30b has 11.