Model comparison
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) vs Granite 4.2 8B
Granite 4.2 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 31.9 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 3 categories and Granite 4.2 8B in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Granite 4.2 8B leads 25.5 to 12.3.
- Granite 4.2 8B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Granite 4.2 8B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 40.0 |
| Released | 2024-02-15 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 118K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.06 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.25 |
| Results tracked | 45 | 11 |
Sponsored placements are available on pages like this one. Advertise on Noometry
Category by category
Coding Granite 4.2 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 33.8 (#239), Granite 4.2 8B: 39.9 (#138)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Granite 4.2 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1294 | 1379 |
| 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): 17.8 (#137), Granite 4.2 8B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Granite 4.2 8B |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | 3.4% | — |
| Cybench | 7.5% | — |
| BALROG | 21% | — |
Reasoning Granite 4.2 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 12.3 (#332), Granite 4.2 8B: 25.5 (#130)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Granite 4.2 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1296 | 1327 |
| 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): 24.4 (#260), Granite 4.2 8B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Granite 4.2 8B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 23.1% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 36.4% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1315 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 70.4% | — |
Knowledge Granite 4.2 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 29.3 (#228), Granite 4.2 8B: 37.7 (#144)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Granite 4.2 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1279 | 1380 |
| 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): 36.2 (#72), Granite 4.2 8B: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Granite 4.2 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1161 | — |
| Video-MME | 75% | — |
Multilingual Too close to call
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 45.5 (#169), Granite 4.2 8B: 44.5 (#173)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Granite 4.2 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1312 | 1299 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1331 | 1361 |
| LMArena Russian | 1320 | 1283 |
| LMArena French | 1301 | — |
| LMArena German | 1286 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1292 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1298 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1310 | — |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 68.8 (#180), Granite 4.2 8B: 68.7 (#183)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Granite 4.2 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1297 | 1298 |
| IFEval | 83.7% | — |
Long Context Too close to call
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 39.7 (#164), Granite 4.2 8B: 40.2 (#154)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Granite 4.2 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1308 | 1323 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 52.5 (#167), Granite 4.2 8B: 49.8 (#183)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Granite 4.2 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1319 | 1319 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1333 | 1238 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1296 | 1299 |
| WildBench | 81.3% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) better than Granite 4.2 8B?
Granite 4.2 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) or Granite 4.2 8B better for coding?
Granite 4.2 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.9 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) and Granite 4.2 8B 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 8B has 11.