Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Granite 4.0 Micro

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index. Granite 4.0 Micro costs 37× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.6 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.6 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #33 Confirmed

Granite 4.0 Micro IBM

29.0

Rank #318 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.6 Flash 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 3.6 Flash leads 67.8 to 9.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 94.2% for Gemini 3.6 Flash 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 $0.75 / $3.75 for Gemini 3.6 Flash.
  • Gemini 3.6 Flash 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 3.6 FlashGranite 4.0 Micro
ProviderGoogleIBM
Noometry Index54.129.0
Released2026-07-212025-10-02
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M131K
Max output66K118K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$0.017
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$0.11
Results tracked468

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 50.0 (#48), Granite 4.0 Micro: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGranite 4.0 Micro
DeepSWE46.7%—
FrontierCode34.4%—
LMArena WebDev1538—
SciCode52.7%—
WeirdML56.1%—
LMArena Coding1491—
ALE-Bench715.52—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.3 (#65), Granite 4.0 Micro: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGranite 4.0 Micro
APEX-Agents46.9%—
GDP.pdf14%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.8 (#22), Granite 4.0 Micro: 19.2 (#265)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGranite 4.0 Micro
Chess Puzzles43%0%
ARC-AGI-260.4%—
NYT Connections (extended)89%—
ARC-AGI-191.2%—
CritPt10.6%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1485—
Mystery Game Puzzles30%—
DTBench95.5%—
LMCA44.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.25—

Math Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.3 (#40), Granite 4.0 Micro: 12.0 (#307)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGranite 4.0 Micro
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.2%2.8%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)58.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions70.8%—
ProofBench36%—
Omni-MATH—20.9%
LMArena Math1505—

Knowledge Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#8), Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#304)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGranite 4.0 Micro
GPQA Diamond94.1%28.3%
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—
MMLU-Pro—39.5%
GPQA (HELM)—30.7%
LMArena Expert1488—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.5 (#64), Granite 4.0 Micro: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGranite 4.0 Micro
LMArena Vision1298—
Blueprint-Bench 231.2%—
Furniture Assembly23.3%—
LMArena Document1456—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.5 (#19), Granite 4.0 Micro: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGranite 4.0 Micro
LMArena Non-English1469—
LMArena Chinese1531—
LMArena French1504—
LMArena German1478—
LMArena Japanese1476—
LMArena Korean1431—
LMArena Russian1487—
LMArena Spanish1475—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.0 (#33), Granite 4.0 Micro: 69.9 (#169)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGranite 4.0 Micro
IFEval—84.9%
LMArena Instruction Following1466—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#50), Granite 4.0 Micro: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGranite 4.0 Micro
LMArena Longer Query1474—

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.2 (#27), Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#216)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGranite 4.0 Micro
LMArena Text1479—
LMArena Creative Writing1465—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1604—
WildBench—67%
LMArena Multi-Turn1481—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than Granite 4.0 Micro?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index. Granite 4.0 Micro costs 37× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.6 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.6 Flash 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 3.6 Flash lists at $0.75 and $3.75.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.6 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.6 Flash and Granite 4.0 Micro share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 Micro has 8.

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