Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.7 Flash vs Granite 4.2 30b

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 41.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.7 Flash Google

59.8

Rank #14 Confirmed

Granite 4.2 30b IBM

41.8

Rank #130 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher in 7 categories and Granite 4.2 30b in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.7 Flash leads 70.0 to 27.8.
  • Granite 4.2 30b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.7 FlashGranite 4.2 30b
ProviderGoogleIBM
Noometry Index59.841.8
Released2026-08-13—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked4411

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 56.2 (#22), Granite 4.2 30b: 41.0 (#126)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGranite 4.2 30b
LMArena Coding14971396
DeepSWE65.5%—
FrontierCode43.6%—
LMArena WebDev1592—
FrontierSWE20.3%—
SciCode59.8%—
ALE-Bench904.3—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 42.1 (#19), Granite 4.2 30b: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGranite 4.2 30b
APEX-Agents67.8%—
Remote Labor Index5%—
GDP.pdf23.8%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 70.0 (#15), Granite 4.2 30b: 27.8 (#112)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGranite 4.2 30b
LMArena Hard Prompts14941374
ARC-AGI-284.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)94%—
ARC-AGI-195.5%—
CritPt14.3%—
Chess Puzzles47%—
Mystery Game Puzzles37%—
DTBench96.8%—
LMCA50.4%—
Epoch Capabilities Index157.27—

Math Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.6 (#23), Granite 4.2 30b: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGranite 4.2 30b
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)71.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 436.6%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202597.2%—
ProofBench58%—
LMArena Math1507—

Knowledge Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.7 (#5), Granite 4.2 30b: 39.1 (#138)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGranite 4.2 30b
LMArena Expert15081406
GPQA Diamond94.8%—
SimpleQA Verified69.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 37.3 (#73), Granite 4.2 30b: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGranite 4.2 30b
LMArena Vision1316—
Furniture Assembly26.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 57.6 (#7), Granite 4.2 30b: 47.3 (#151)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGranite 4.2 30b
LMArena Non-English14841340
LMArena Chinese15481414
LMArena Russian15161343
LMArena French1505—
LMArena German1498—
LMArena Japanese1512—
LMArena Korean1483—
LMArena Spanish1503—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 77.7 (#15), Granite 4.2 30b: 71.2 (#155)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGranite 4.2 30b
LMArena Instruction Following14831347

Long Context Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 45.7 (#30), Granite 4.2 30b: 41.4 (#140)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGranite 4.2 30b
LMArena Longer Query14921359

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 71.2 (#20), Granite 4.2 30b: 53.8 (#156)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGranite 4.2 30b
LMArena Text14861361
LMArena Creative Writing14901288
LMArena Multi-Turn14891339
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1723—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash better than Granite 4.2 30b?

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 41.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash or Granite 4.2 30b better for coding?

Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 56.2 versus 41.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.7 Flash and Granite 4.2 30b share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.7 Flash has 44 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.2 30b has 11.

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