Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.7 Flash vs Granite 4.2 3b

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.7 Flash Google

59.8

Rank #14 Confirmed

Granite 4.2 3b IBM

39.4

Rank #169 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.7 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 3.7 Flash leads 70.0 to 26.0.
  • Granite 4.2 3b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.7 FlashGranite 4.2 3b
ProviderGoogleIBM
Noometry Index59.839.4
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 3b: 40.0 (#151)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGranite 4.2 3b
LMArena Coding14971361
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 3b: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGranite 4.2 3b
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 3b: 26.0 (#138)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGranite 4.2 3b
LMArena Hard Prompts14941306
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 3b: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGranite 4.2 3b
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 3b: 36.3 (#171)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGranite 4.2 3b
LMArena Expert15081315
GPQA Diamond94.8%—
SimpleQA Verified69.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 37.3 (#73), Granite 4.2 3b: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGranite 4.2 3b
LMArena Vision1316—
Furniture Assembly26.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 57.6 (#7), Granite 4.2 3b: 42.1 (#198)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGranite 4.2 3b
LMArena Non-English14841268
LMArena Chinese15481269
LMArena Russian15161249
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 3b: 67.1 (#200)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGranite 4.2 3b
LMArena Instruction Following14831273

Long Context Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 45.7 (#30), Granite 4.2 3b: 39.2 (#185)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGranite 4.2 3b
LMArena Longer Query14921291

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 71.2 (#20), Granite 4.2 3b: 47.2 (#212)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGranite 4.2 3b
LMArena Text14861293
LMArena Creative Writing14901205
LMArena Multi-Turn14891290
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1723—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash better than Granite 4.2 3b?

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash or Granite 4.2 3b better for coding?

Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 56.2 versus 40.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.7 Flash and Granite 4.2 3b share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.7 Flash has 44 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.2 3b has 11.

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