Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite vs Granite 3.1 2b Instruct

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.0 to 33.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Google

37.0

Rank #211 Confirmed

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct IBM

33.2

Rank #247 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite scores higher in 7 categories and Granite 3.1 2b 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 34.1.
  • Granite 3.1 2b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGranite 3.1 2b Instruct
ProviderGoogleIBM
Noometry Index37.033.2
Released2025-06-17—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.10—
Output $ / M tokens$0.40—
Results tracked3312

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 38.5 (#173), Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 33.4 (#257)

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGranite 3.1 2b Instruct
LMArena Coding13731149
WeirdML35.2%—
ALE-Bench325.9—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 28.0 (#96), Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: —

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGranite 3.1 2b Instruct
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard36.9%—

Reasoning Too close to call

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 22.2 (#205), Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 22.0 (#209)

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGranite 3.1 2b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts13771138
Kagi LLM Benchmark40.5%—
DTBench62.8%—
LMCA18.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index133.94—

Math Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 38.0 (#144), Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 33.1 (#206)

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGranite 3.1 2b Instruct
LMArena Math13731159
Omni-MATH48%—

Knowledge Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 32.5 (#210), Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 30.8 (#224)

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGranite 3.1 2b Instruct
LMArena Expert13731131
MMLU-Pro53.7%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate3.3%—
GPQA (HELM)30.9%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 29.1 (#114), Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: —

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGranite 3.1 2b Instruct
LMArena Vision1198—
VPCT30%—

Multilingual Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 49.3 (#134), Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 29.1 (#269)

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGranite 3.1 2b Instruct
LMArena Non-English13691068
LMArena Chinese14041139
LMArena Russian13731063
LMArena French1388—
LMArena German1389—
LMArena Japanese1359—
LMArena Korean1360—
LMArena Spanish1396—

Instruction Following Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 70.0 (#168), Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 57.7 (#264)

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGranite 3.1 2b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following13671116
IFEval81%—

Long Context Granite 3.1 2b Instruct leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 33.3 (#262), Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 35.0 (#244)

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGranite 3.1 2b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query13731155
Fiction.LiveBench47.2%—

Writing & Preference Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 56.8 (#135), Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 34.1 (#274)

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGranite 3.1 2b Instruct
LMArena Text13791127
LMArena Creative Writing13671116
LMArena Multi-Turn13661099
WildBench81.8%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite better than Granite 3.1 2b Instruct?

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.0 to 33.2 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite or Granite 3.1 2b Instruct better for coding?

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.5 versus 33.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite and Granite 3.1 2b Instruct share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite has 33 scored results on Noometry and Granite 3.1 2b Instruct has 12.

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