Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite vs Granite 4.2 3b

Granite 4.2 3b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 37.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Google

37.0

Rank #211 Confirmed

Granite 4.2 3b IBM

39.4

Rank #169 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite 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 writing & preference, where Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads 56.8 to 47.2.
  • Granite 4.2 3b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGranite 4.2 3b
ProviderGoogleIBM
Noometry Index37.039.4
Released2025-06-17—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.10—
Output $ / M tokens$0.40—
Results tracked3311

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Category by category

Coding Granite 4.2 3b leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 38.5 (#173), Granite 4.2 3b: 40.0 (#151)

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGranite 4.2 3b
LMArena Coding13731361
WeirdML35.2%—
ALE-Bench325.9—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 28.0 (#96), Granite 4.2 3b: —

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGranite 4.2 3b
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard36.9%—

Reasoning Granite 4.2 3b leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 22.2 (#205), Granite 4.2 3b: 26.0 (#138)

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGranite 4.2 3b
LMArena Hard Prompts13771306
Kagi LLM Benchmark40.5%—
DTBench62.8%—
LMCA18.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index133.94—

Math Not comparable

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 38.0 (#144), Granite 4.2 3b: —

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGranite 4.2 3b
Omni-MATH48%—
LMArena Math1373—

Knowledge Granite 4.2 3b leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 32.5 (#210), Granite 4.2 3b: 36.3 (#171)

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGranite 4.2 3b
LMArena Expert13731315
MMLU-Pro53.7%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate3.3%—
GPQA (HELM)30.9%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 29.1 (#114), Granite 4.2 3b: —

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGranite 4.2 3b
LMArena Vision1198—
VPCT30%—

Multilingual Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 49.3 (#134), Granite 4.2 3b: 42.1 (#198)

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGranite 4.2 3b
LMArena Non-English13691268
LMArena Chinese14041269
LMArena Russian13731249
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 4.2 3b: 67.1 (#200)

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGranite 4.2 3b
LMArena Instruction Following13671273
IFEval81%—

Long Context Granite 4.2 3b leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 33.3 (#262), Granite 4.2 3b: 39.2 (#185)

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGranite 4.2 3b
LMArena Longer Query13731291
Fiction.LiveBench47.2%—

Writing & Preference Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 56.8 (#135), Granite 4.2 3b: 47.2 (#212)

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGranite 4.2 3b
LMArena Text13791293
LMArena Creative Writing13671205
LMArena Multi-Turn13661290
WildBench81.8%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite better than Granite 4.2 3b?

Granite 4.2 3b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 37.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite or Granite 4.2 3b better for coding?

Granite 4.2 3b scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.0 versus 38.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite and Granite 4.2 3b share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite has 33 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.2 3b has 11.

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