Model comparison
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) vs Granite 4.2 3b
Granite 4.2 3b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 35.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) scores higher in 3 categories and Granite 4.2 3b in 4 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Granite 4.2 3b leads 40.0 to 28.4.
- Granite 4.2 3b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Granite 4.2 3b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | |
| Noometry Index | 35.1 | 39.4 |
| Released | 2024-12-06 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 54 | 11 |
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Category by category
Coding Granite 4.2 3b leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.4 (#315), Granite 4.2 3b: 40.0 (#151)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1350 | 1361 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 13.5% | — |
| Aider Polyglot | 38.2% | — |
| WeirdML | 25.8% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 45.9% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 63.4% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 59.9% | — |
| CadEval | 30% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.1 (#92), Granite 4.2 3b: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | 11.4% | — |
Reasoning Granite 4.2 3b leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 15.2 (#318), Granite 4.2 3b: 26.0 (#138)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1346 | 1306 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 1.3% | — |
| SimpleBench | 31.1% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 37.8% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 1.1% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 78.2% | — |
| DTBench | 63.2% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 69.4% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 135.36 | — |
| LiveBench | 66.9% | — |
Math Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 37.9 (#146), Granite 4.2 3b: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 57.8% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 45.9% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 75.8% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1352 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 82.2% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 1.7% | — |
Knowledge Granite 4.2 3b leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 32.0 (#213), Granite 4.2 3b: 36.3 (#171)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1339 | 1315 |
| GPQA Diamond | 64.1% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 6.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 73.7% | — |
| Confabulations | 12.4% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 55.6% | — |
| MMLU | 79.7% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 36.5 (#79), Granite 4.2 3b: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1158 | — |
| GeoBench | 77% | — |
Multilingual Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 47.4 (#149), Granite 4.2 3b: 42.1 (#198)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1342 | 1268 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1373 | 1269 |
| LMArena Russian | 1351 | 1249 |
| LMArena French | 1391 | — |
| LMArena German | 1353 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1294 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1313 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1363 | — |
Instruction Following Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 74.4 (#97), Granite 4.2 3b: 67.1 (#200)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1336 | 1273 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 85.8% | — |
| IFEval | 84.1% | — |
Long Context Granite 4.2 3b leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 38.1 (#203), Granite 4.2 3b: 39.2 (#185)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1344 | 1291 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 61.1% | — |
Writing & Preference Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 49.5 (#190), Granite 4.2 3b: 47.2 (#212)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1354 | 1293 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1340 | 1205 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1350 | 1290 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 73.8% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1128 | — |
| WildBench | 80% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 51.3% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) better than Granite 4.2 3b?
Granite 4.2 3b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 35.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) or Granite 4.2 3b better for coding?
Granite 4.2 3b scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.0 versus 28.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and Granite 4.2 3b share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) has 54 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.2 3b has 11.