Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Granite 4.2 3b

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.2 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Google

54.2

Rank #32 Confirmed

Granite 4.2 3b IBM

39.4

Rank #169 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher in 7 categories and Granite 4.2 3b in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.5 Flash leads 62.8 to 26.0.
  • Granite 4.2 3b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.5 FlashGranite 4.2 3b
ProviderGoogleIBM
Noometry Index54.239.4
Released2026-05-19—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.50—
Output $ / M tokens$9—
Results tracked5411

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 49.4 (#49), Granite 4.2 3b: 40.0 (#151)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGranite 4.2 3b
LMArena Coding14921361
SWE-bench Verified79.3%—
DeepSWE37.4%—
LMArena WebDev1499—
SciCode53.1%—
WeirdML62.6%—
ALE-Bench911.02—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 24.7 (#114), Granite 4.2 3b: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGranite 4.2 3b
APEX-Agents27.5%—
GBAEval6.7%—
GDP.pdf14%—
Vending-Bench 25,396—

Reasoning Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 62.8 (#18), Granite 4.2 3b: 26.0 (#138)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGranite 4.2 3b
LMArena Hard Prompts14881306
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 Index154.46—
ForecastBench59—

Math Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 60.7 (#36), Granite 4.2 3b: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGranite 4.2 3b
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)62.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions76.3%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%—
ProofBench31%—
LMArena Math1504—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)39%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)14.6%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 66.3 (#11), Granite 4.2 3b: 36.3 (#171)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGranite 4.2 3b
LMArena Expert14951315
GPQA Diamond92.8%—
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.7 (#15), Granite 4.2 3b: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGranite 4.2 3b
LMArena Vision1310—
Blueprint-Bench 233.6%—
LMArena Document1463—

Multilingual Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 57.0 (#13), Granite 4.2 3b: 42.1 (#198)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGranite 4.2 3b
LMArena Non-English14761268
LMArena Chinese15261269
LMArena Russian14931249
LMArena French1490—
LMArena German1492—
LMArena Japanese1486—
LMArena Korean1451—
LMArena Spanish1480—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 77.0 (#30), Granite 4.2 3b: 67.1 (#200)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGranite 4.2 3b
LMArena Instruction Following14671273

Long Context Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.4 (#38), Granite 4.2 3b: 39.2 (#185)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGranite 4.2 3b
LMArena Longer Query14821291

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 65.5 (#47), Granite 4.2 3b: 47.2 (#212)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGranite 4.2 3b
LMArena Text14821293
LMArena Creative Writing14701205
LMArena Multi-Turn14811290
EQ-Bench 41087—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash better than Granite 4.2 3b?

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.2 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash or Granite 4.2 3b better for coding?

Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.4 versus 40.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.5 Flash and Granite 4.2 3b share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash has 54 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.2 3b has 11.

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