Model comparison

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview vs Granite 4.1 30B

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview has enough public results to be ranked (#20); Granite 4.1 30B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Google

56.7

Rank #20 Confirmed

Granite 4.1 30B IBM

33.4

Unranked Sparse

Summary

  • They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview scores higher in 2 categories and Granite 4.1 30B in 0 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads 71.7 to 21.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is SciCode: 58.9% for Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and 25.8% for Granite 4.1 30B.
  • Granite 4.1 30B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

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Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and Granite 4.1 30B specifications
Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGranite 4.1 30B
ProviderGoogleIBM
Noometry Index56.733.4
Released2026-02-192026-04-29
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$12—
Results tracked712

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 42.7 (#88), Granite 4.1 30B: 34.6

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGranite 4.1 30B
SciCode58.9%25.8%
SWE-bench Verified75.6%—
DeepSWE11.7%—
LMArena WebDev1446—
GSO22.6%—
WeirdML72.1%—
LMArena Coding1483—
MirrorCode8.9%—
ALE-Bench1,161—
AlgoTune2.02—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 37.7 (#33), Granite 4.1 30B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGranite 4.1 30B
Terminal-Bench80.2%—
APEX-Agents35.3%—
τ²-bench Banking26%—
DeepResearch Bench47.8%—
PostTrainBench22%—
BALROG57%—
ExploitBench26.1%—
GBAEval0.8%—
GDP.pdf17%—
LMArena Search1211—
METR Time Horizons77%—
Vending-Bench 23,774—

Reasoning Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 71.7 (#9), Granite 4.1 30B: 21.7

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGranite 4.1 30B
CritPt17.7%0%
ARC-AGI-277.1%—
SimpleBench79.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%—
ARC-AGI-198%—
Chess Puzzles55%—
EnigmaEval36.8%—
Thematic Generalization79.4%—
EBR-Bench14.3%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1484—
Mystery Game Puzzles34%—
DTBench97.1%—
LMCA53.8%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.92—
ForecastBench59—

Math Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 61.8 (#28), Granite 4.1 30B: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGranite 4.1 30B
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)59.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions86.5%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%—
ProofBench26%—
LMArena Math1485—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)36.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)16.7%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 71.8 (#3), Granite 4.1 30B: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGranite 4.1 30B
GPQA Diamond94.4%—
Humanity's Last Exam46.4%—
SimpleQA Verified73.5%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.4%—
LMArena Expert1484—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 38.1 (#60), Granite 4.1 30B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGranite 4.1 30B
LMArena Vision1296—
Blueprint-Bench 226.5%—
Furniture Assembly26.7%—
LMArena Document1444—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 57.1 (#11), Granite 4.1 30B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGranite 4.1 30B
LMArena Non-English1475—
LMArena Chinese1528—
LMArena French1488—
LMArena German1491—
LMArena Japanese1494—
LMArena Korean1458—
LMArena Russian1496—
LMArena Spanish1480—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 77.1 (#31), Granite 4.1 30B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGranite 4.1 30B
LMArena Instruction Following1465—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 47.3 (#17), Granite 4.1 30B: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGranite 4.1 30B
CL-bench20.8%—
CL-bench Life16.9%—
LMArena Longer Query1482—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 66.3 (#36), Granite 4.1 30B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGranite 4.1 30B
LMArena Text1480—
LMArena Creative Writing1482—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1491—
EQ-Bench 41142—
LMArena Multi-Turn1486—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview better than Granite 4.1 30B?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview has enough public results to be ranked (#20); Granite 4.1 30B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview or Granite 4.1 30B better for coding?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.7 versus 34.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and Granite 4.1 30B share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview has 71 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.1 30B has 2.

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