Model comparison
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite vs Granite 3.0 8b Instruct
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.0 to 31.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite scores higher in 7 categories and Granite 3.0 8b Instruct in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads 56.8 to 31.1.
- Granite 3.0 8b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | |
| Noometry Index | 37.0 | 31.6 |
| Released | 2025-06-17 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | — |
| Max output | 66K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.10 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.40 | — |
| Results tracked | 33 | 14 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 38.5 (#173), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 29.7 (#301)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1373 | 1112 |
| WeirdML | 35.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 29.3% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 35.4% |
| ALE-Bench | 325.9 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 28.0 (#96), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 36.9% | — |
Reasoning Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 22.2 (#205), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 20.9 (#230)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1377 | 1092 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 40.5% | — |
| DTBench | 62.8% | — |
| LMCA | 18.1% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 133.94 | — |
Math Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 38.0 (#144), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 32.8 (#210)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1373 | 1143 |
| Omni-MATH | 48% | — |
Knowledge Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 32.5 (#210), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 29.6 (#236)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1373 | 1087 |
| MMLU-Pro | 53.7% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 3.3% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.9% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 29.1 (#114), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1198 | — |
| VPCT | 30% | — |
Multilingual Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 49.3 (#134), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 27.2 (#276)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1369 | 1037 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1404 | 1063 |
| LMArena Russian | 1373 | 1060 |
| LMArena French | 1388 | — |
| LMArena German | 1389 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1359 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1360 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1396 | — |
Instruction Following Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 70.0 (#168), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 56.0 (#276)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1367 | 1088 |
| IFEval | 81% | — |
Long Context Too close to call
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 33.3 (#262), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 34.0 (#252)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1373 | 1122 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 47.2% | — |
Writing & Preference Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 56.8 (#135), Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 31.1 (#285)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1379 | 1096 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1367 | 1071 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1366 | 1063 |
| WildBench | 81.8% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite better than Granite 3.0 8b Instruct?
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.0 to 31.6 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite or Granite 3.0 8b Instruct better for coding?
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.5 versus 29.7 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite and Granite 3.0 8b Instruct share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite has 33 scored results on Noometry and Granite 3.0 8b Instruct has 14.