Model comparison

Gemini 3.7 Flash vs Granite 4.0 Micro

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index. Granite 4.0 Micro costs 37× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.7 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.7 Flash Google

59.8

Rank #14 Confirmed

Granite 4.0 Micro IBM

29.0

Rank #318 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.7 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 3.7 Flash leads 69.7 to 9.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 97.2% for Gemini 3.7 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 3.7 Flash.
  • Gemini 3.7 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 3.7 Flash and Granite 4.0 Micro specifications
Gemini 3.7 FlashGranite 4.0 Micro
ProviderGoogleIBM
Noometry Index59.829.0
Released2026-08-132025-10-02
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M131K
Max output66K118K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$0.017
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$0.11
Results tracked448

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 56.2 (#22), Granite 4.0 Micro: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGranite 4.0 Micro
DeepSWE65.5%—
FrontierCode43.6%—
LMArena WebDev1592—
FrontierSWE20.3%—
SciCode59.8%—
LMArena Coding1497—
ALE-Bench904.3—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 42.1 (#19), Granite 4.0 Micro: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGranite 4.0 Micro
APEX-Agents67.8%—
Remote Labor Index5%—
GDP.pdf23.8%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 70.0 (#15), Granite 4.0 Micro: 19.2 (#265)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGranite 4.0 Micro
Chess Puzzles47%0%
ARC-AGI-284.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)94%—
ARC-AGI-195.5%—
CritPt14.3%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1494—
Mystery Game Puzzles37%—
DTBench96.8%—
LMCA50.4%—
Epoch Capabilities Index157.27—

Math Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.6 (#23), Granite 4.0 Micro: 12.0 (#307)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGranite 4.0 Micro
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202597.2%2.8%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)71.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 436.6%—
ProofBench58%—
Omni-MATH—20.9%
LMArena Math1507—

Knowledge Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.7 (#5), Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#304)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGranite 4.0 Micro
GPQA Diamond94.8%28.3%
SimpleQA Verified69.2%—
MMLU-Pro—39.5%
GPQA (HELM)—30.7%
LMArena Expert1508—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 37.3 (#73), Granite 4.0 Micro: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGranite 4.0 Micro
LMArena Vision1316—
Furniture Assembly26.7%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 57.6 (#7), Granite 4.0 Micro: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGranite 4.0 Micro
LMArena Non-English1484—
LMArena Chinese1548—
LMArena French1505—
LMArena German1498—
LMArena Japanese1512—
LMArena Korean1483—
LMArena Russian1516—
LMArena Spanish1503—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 77.7 (#15), Granite 4.0 Micro: 69.9 (#169)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGranite 4.0 Micro
IFEval—84.9%
LMArena Instruction Following1483—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 45.7 (#30), Granite 4.0 Micro: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGranite 4.0 Micro
LMArena Longer Query1492—

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 71.2 (#20), Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#216)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGranite 4.0 Micro
LMArena Text1486—
LMArena Creative Writing1490—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1723—
WildBench—67%
LMArena Multi-Turn1489—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash better than Granite 4.0 Micro?

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index. Granite 4.0 Micro costs 37× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.7 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.7 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 3.7 Flash lists at $0.75 and $3.75.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.7 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.7 Flash and Granite 4.0 Micro share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.7 Flash has 44 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 Micro has 8.

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