Model comparison

Gemini 2.5 Pro vs Granite 4.1 8b

Gemini 2.5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.9 to 36.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.5 Pro Google

44.9

Rank #67 Confirmed

Granite 4.1 8b IBM

36.8

Rank #202 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.5 Pro scores higher in 7 categories and Granite 4.1 8b in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in long context, where Gemini 2.5 Pro leads 59.7 to 38.7.
  • Granite 4.1 8b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 2.5 Pro and Granite 4.1 8b specifications
Gemini 2.5 ProGranite 4.1 8b
ProviderGoogleIBM
Noometry Index44.936.8
Released2025-03-25—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.25—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked7813

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 2.5 Pro leads

Gemini 2.5 Pro: 42.8 (#86), Granite 4.1 8b: 29.9 (#291)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena WebDev12271190
LMArena Coding14521313
SWE-bench Verified57.6%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)53.6%—
Aider Polyglot83.1%—
SciCode42.8%—
GSO3.9%—
WeirdML54%—
LiveBench Coding85.9%—
CadEval64%—
ALE-Bench785.52—
AlgoTune1.51—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 2.5 Pro: 29.1 (#81), Granite 4.1 8b: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProGranite 4.1 8b
Terminal-Bench32.6%—
GDPval23.3%—
Remote Labor Index0.8%—
TheAgentCompany30.3%—
τ²-bench Banking13.7%—
DeepResearch Bench42.8%—
BALROG43.3%—
LMArena Search1142—
METR Time Horizons55.4%—
Vending-Bench 2573.64—

Reasoning Gemini 2.5 Pro leads

Gemini 2.5 Pro: 28.8 (#85), Granite 4.1 8b: 24.6 (#142)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Hard Prompts14551294
ARC-AGI-24.9%—
SimpleBench62.4%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark70.3%—
ARC-AGI-141%—
CritPt2%—
Chess Puzzles20%—
EnigmaEval5.6%—
LiveBench Reasoning89.8%—
DTBench82.4%—
LiveBench Data Analysis79.9%—
LMCA34.8%—
Epoch Capabilities Index145.32—
ForecastBench61.3—
LiveBench82.3%—

Math Granite 4.1 8b leads

Gemini 2.5 Pro: 31.9 (#191), Granite 4.1 8b: 33.8 (#167)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Math14501311
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)24.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 40%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202584.7%—
Omni-MATH41.6%—
LiveBench Math90.2%—
MATH Level 595.9%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)14.1%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%—

Knowledge Gemini 2.5 Pro leads

Gemini 2.5 Pro: 55.8 (#41), Granite 4.1 8b: 35.5 (#171)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Expert14521310
GPQA Diamond85.3%—
Humanity's Last Exam21.6%—
MMLU-Pro86.3%—
Confabulations10.6%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate7%—
GPQA (HELM)74.9%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 2.5 Pro: 44.5 (#16), Granite 4.1 8b: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Vision1263—
GeoBench86%—
VPCT48%—
LMArena Document1421—
SpatialViz-Bench44.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 2.5 Pro leads

Gemini 2.5 Pro: 55.5 (#30), Granite 4.1 8b: 41.8 (#199)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Non-English14521261
LMArena Chinese15071335
LMArena Russian14601238
LMArena French1473—
LMArena German1487—
LMArena Japanese1462—
LMArena Korean1435—
LMArena Spanish1473—

Instruction Following Gemini 2.5 Pro leads

Gemini 2.5 Pro: 75.2 (#71), Granite 4.1 8b: 67.0 (#198)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Instruction Following14361268
LiveBench Instruction Following80.6%—
IFEval84%—

Long Context Gemini 2.5 Pro leads

Gemini 2.5 Pro: 59.7 (#5), Granite 4.1 8b: 38.7 (#188)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Longer Query14491275
Fiction.LiveBench91.7%—

Writing & Preference Gemini 2.5 Pro leads

Gemini 2.5 Pro: 63.9 (#60), Granite 4.1 8b: 48.3 (#199)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Text14581291
LMArena Creative Writing14531249
LMArena Multi-Turn14531269
Short-Story Creative Writing83.8%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1421—
WildBench85.7%—
LiveBench Language67.8%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.5 Pro better than Granite 4.1 8b?

Gemini 2.5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.9 to 36.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.5 Pro or Granite 4.1 8b better for coding?

Gemini 2.5 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.8 versus 29.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.5 Pro and Granite 4.1 8b share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.5 Pro has 78 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.1 8b has 13.

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