Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Granite 4.1 8b

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 36.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #29 Confirmed

Granite 4.1 8b IBM

36.8

Rank #202 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Granite 4.1 8b in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.5 Flash leads 62.7 to 24.6.
  • Granite 4.1 8b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.5 FlashGranite 4.1 8b
ProviderGoogleIBM
Noometry Index54.136.8
Released2026-05-19—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.50—
Output $ / M tokens$9—
Results tracked5413

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 49.1 (#46), Granite 4.1 8b: 29.9 (#291)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena WebDev14991190
LMArena Coding14921313
SWE-bench Verified79.3%—
DeepSWE37.4%—
SciCode53.1%—
WeirdML62.6%—
ALE-Bench911.02—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 24.8 (#107), Granite 4.1 8b: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGranite 4.1 8b
APEX-Agents27.5%—
GBAEval6.7%—
GDP.pdf14%—
Vending-Bench 25,396—

Reasoning Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 62.7 (#16), Granite 4.1 8b: 24.6 (#142)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Hard Prompts14881294
ARC-AGI-272.1%—
SimpleBench76.7%—
NYT Connections (extended)92.6%—
ARC-AGI-192.5%—
CritPt13.1%—
Chess Puzzles50%—
EnigmaEval25.4%—
EBR-Bench4.8%—
Mystery Game Puzzles32%—
DTBench94.7%—
LMCA47.1%—
Surface Evolver Bench58.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.55—
ForecastBench59—

Math Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 60.5 (#30), Granite 4.1 8b: 33.8 (#167)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Math15021311
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)62.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions76.3%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%—
ProofBench31%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)39%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)14.6%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 66.3 (#10), Granite 4.1 8b: 35.5 (#171)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Expert14931310
GPQA Diamond92.8%—
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.7 (#13), Granite 4.1 8b: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Vision1311—
Blueprint-Bench 233.6%—
LMArena Document1463—

Multilingual Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 57.1 (#12), Granite 4.1 8b: 41.8 (#199)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Non-English14751261
LMArena Chinese15251335
LMArena Russian14911238
LMArena French1490—
LMArena German1500—
LMArena Japanese1481—
LMArena Korean1453—
LMArena Spanish1478—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 77.2 (#29), Granite 4.1 8b: 67.0 (#198)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Instruction Following14661268

Long Context Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.3 (#39), Granite 4.1 8b: 38.7 (#188)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Longer Query14811275

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 65.5 (#46), Granite 4.1 8b: 48.3 (#199)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Text14811291
LMArena Creative Writing14671249
LMArena Multi-Turn14821269
EQ-Bench 41087—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash better than Granite 4.1 8b?

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 36.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash or Granite 4.1 8b better for coding?

Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.1 versus 29.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.5 Flash and Granite 4.1 8b share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash has 54 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.1 8b has 13.

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