Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite vs Granite 3.1 2b Instruct

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.8 to 33.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite Google

37.8

Rank #194 Confirmed

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct IBM

33.2

Rank #247 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher in 7 categories and Granite 3.1 2b Instruct in 1 category; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads 51.7 to 34.1.
  • Granite 3.1 2b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGranite 3.1 2b Instruct
ProviderGoogleIBM
Noometry Index37.833.2
Released2025-02-05—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
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Results tracked3212

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 37.9 (#185), Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 33.4 (#257)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGranite 3.1 2b Instruct
LMArena Coding13221149
LiveBench Coding47.1%—

Reasoning Too close to call

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 22.0 (#210), Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 22.0 (#209)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGranite 3.1 2b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts13241138
LiveBench Reasoning50.1%—
DTBench52.5%—
LiveBench Data Analysis65.5%—
ForecastBench57.1—
LiveBench54.3%—

Math Too close to call

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 34.1 (#196), Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 33.1 (#206)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGranite 3.1 2b Instruct
LMArena Math13091159
Omni-MATH37.4%—
LiveBench Math58.1%—

Knowledge Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 35.0 (#189), Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 30.8 (#224)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGranite 3.1 2b Instruct
LMArena Expert13051131
MMLU-Pro72%—
GPQA (HELM)50%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 31.2 (#109), Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: —

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGranite 3.1 2b Instruct
LMArena Vision1100—

Multilingual Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 46.0 (#161), Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 29.1 (#269)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGranite 3.1 2b Instruct
LMArena Non-English13231068
LMArena Chinese13391139
LMArena Russian13281063
LMArena French1347—
LMArena German1306—
LMArena Japanese1301—
LMArena Korean1325—
LMArena Spanish1313—

Instruction Following Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 70.4 (#163), Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 57.7 (#264)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGranite 3.1 2b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following13051116
LiveBench Instruction Following78.3%—
IFEval82.4%—

Long Context Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 40.1 (#160), Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 35.0 (#244)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGranite 3.1 2b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query13201155

Writing & Preference Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 51.7 (#177), Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 34.1 (#274)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGranite 3.1 2b Instruct
LMArena Text13301127
LMArena Creative Writing13191116
LMArena Multi-Turn13071099
WildBench79%—
LiveBench Language34.3%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite better than Granite 3.1 2b Instruct?

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.8 to 33.2 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite or Granite 3.1 2b Instruct better for coding?

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.9 versus 33.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and Granite 3.1 2b Instruct share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite has 32 scored results on Noometry and Granite 3.1 2b Instruct has 12.

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