Model comparison
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) vs Granite 4.0 Micro
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.1 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 7 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 7 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) 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 math, where Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads 37.9 to 12.0.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 57.8% for Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and 2.8% for Granite 4.0 Micro.
- Granite 4.0 Micro has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Granite 4.0 Micro | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | |
| Noometry Index | 35.1 | 29.0 |
| Released | 2024-12-06 | 2025-10-02 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 118K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.017 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.11 |
| Results tracked | 54 | 8 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.4 (#315), Granite 4.0 Micro: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 13.5% | — |
| Aider Polyglot | 38.2% | — |
| WeirdML | 25.8% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 45.9% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 63.4% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1350 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 59.9% | — |
| CadEval | 30% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.1 (#92), Granite 4.0 Micro: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | 11.4% | — |
Reasoning Granite 4.0 Micro leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 15.2 (#318), Granite 4.0 Micro: 19.2 (#265)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 1.3% | — |
| SimpleBench | 31.1% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 37.8% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| EnigmaEval | 1.1% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 78.2% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1346 | — |
| DTBench | 63.2% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 69.4% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 135.36 | — |
| LiveBench | 66.9% | — |
Math Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 37.9 (#146), Granite 4.0 Micro: 12.0 (#307)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 57.8% | 2.8% |
| Omni-MATH | 45.9% | 20.9% |
| LiveBench Math | 75.8% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1352 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 82.2% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 1.7% | — |
Knowledge Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 32.0 (#213), Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#304)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 64.1% | 28.3% |
| MMLU-Pro | 73.7% | 39.5% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 55.6% | 30.7% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 6.6% | — |
| Confabulations | 12.4% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1339 | — |
| MMLU | 79.7% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 36.5 (#79), Granite 4.0 Micro: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1158 | — |
| GeoBench | 77% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 47.4 (#149), Granite 4.0 Micro: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1342 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1373 | — |
| LMArena French | 1391 | — |
| LMArena German | 1353 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1294 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1313 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1351 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1363 | — |
Instruction Following Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 74.4 (#97), Granite 4.0 Micro: 69.9 (#169)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 84.1% | 84.9% |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 85.8% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1336 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 38.1 (#203), Granite 4.0 Micro: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 61.1% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1344 | — |
Writing & Preference Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 49.5 (#190), Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#216)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| WildBench | 80% | 67% |
| LMArena Text | 1354 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1340 | — |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 73.8% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1128 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1350 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 51.3% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) better than Granite 4.0 Micro?
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.1 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and Granite 4.0 Micro share?
7 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) has 54 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 Micro has 8.