Model comparison
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs Granite 4.0 Micro
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index. Granite 4.0 Micro costs 21× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores higher in 5 categories and Granite 4.0 Micro in 0 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads 50.1 to 9.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 71.1% for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and 2.8% for Granite 4.0 Micro.
- Granite 4.0 Micro is cheaper at $0.017 / $0.11 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $2.50 for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite.
- Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 131K.
- Granite 4.0 Micro has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Granite 4.0 Micro | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | |
| Noometry Index | 41.5 | 29.0 |
| Released | 2026-07-21 | 2025-10-02 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | 131K |
| Max output | 66K | 118K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.30 | $0.017 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.50 | $0.11 |
| Results tracked | 39 | 8 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 42.4 (#104), Granite 4.0 Micro: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1440 | — |
| SciCode | 41.3% | — |
| WeirdML | 39% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1453 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 765.27 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.7 (#107), Granite 4.0 Micro: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 29.3% | — |
| GDP.pdf | 10% | — |
Reasoning Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 27.8 (#114), Granite 4.0 Micro: 19.2 (#265)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 22% | 0% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 10.3% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 60.4% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 53.5% | — |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1441 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 19% | — |
| DTBench | 83.5% | — |
| LMCA | 37.6% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 145.13 | — |
Math Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.9 (#264), Granite 4.0 Micro: 12.0 (#307)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 71.1% | 2.8% |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 26% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 0% | — |
| ProofBench | 13% | — |
| Omni-MATH | — | 20.9% |
| LMArena Math | 1433 | — |
Knowledge Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 50.1 (#72), Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#304)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 83.3% | 28.3% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 39.5% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 30.7% |
| LMArena Expert | 1435 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 41.1 (#40), Granite 4.0 Micro: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1268 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 53.5 (#63), Granite 4.0 Micro: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1427 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1469 | — |
| LMArena French | 1451 | — |
| LMArena German | 1454 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1427 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1407 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1443 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1442 | — |
Instruction Following Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 74.8 (#85), Granite 4.0 Micro: 69.9 (#169)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | — | 84.9% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1420 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 43.9 (#84), Granite 4.0 Micro: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1435 | — |
Writing & Preference Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 64.2 (#57), Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#216)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1435 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1420 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1559 | — |
| WildBench | — | 67% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1445 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite better than Granite 4.0 Micro?
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index. Granite 4.0 Micro costs 21× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or Granite 4.0 Micro?
Granite 4.0 Micro is cheaper. It lists at $0.017 per million input tokens and $0.11 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite lists at $0.30 and $2.50.
Which has the bigger context window?
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite does, with 1.05M tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Granite 4.0 Micro share?
3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite has 39 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 Micro has 8.