Model comparison

Gemini 3 Deep Think vs Granite 4.1 8b

Granite 4.1 8b has enough public results to be ranked (#202); Gemini 3 Deep Think does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3 Deep Think Google

58.5

Unranked Sparse

Granite 4.1 8b IBM

36.8

Rank #202 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3 Deep Think leads 70.8 to 24.6.
  • Granite 4.1 8b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3 Deep Think and Granite 4.1 8b specifications
Gemini 3 Deep ThinkGranite 4.1 8b
ProviderGoogleIBM
Noometry Index58.536.8
Released2026-02-12—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked313

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Granite 4.1 8b: 29.9 (#291)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena WebDev—1190
LMArena Coding—1313

Reasoning Gemini 3 Deep Think leads

Gemini 3 Deep Think: 70.8 (#11), Granite 4.1 8b: 24.6 (#142)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGranite 4.1 8b
ARC-AGI-284.6%—
ARC-AGI-196%—
CritPt25.7%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1294

Math Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Granite 4.1 8b: 33.8 (#167)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Math—1311

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Granite 4.1 8b: 35.5 (#171)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Expert—1310

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Granite 4.1 8b: 41.8 (#199)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Non-English—1261
LMArena Chinese—1335
LMArena Russian—1238

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Granite 4.1 8b: 67.0 (#198)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Instruction Following—1268

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Granite 4.1 8b: 38.7 (#188)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Longer Query—1275

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Granite 4.1 8b: 48.3 (#199)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGranite 4.1 8b
LMArena Text—1291
LMArena Creative Writing—1249
LMArena Multi-Turn—1269

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3 Deep Think better than Granite 4.1 8b?

Granite 4.1 8b has enough public results to be ranked (#202); Gemini 3 Deep Think does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3 Deep Think and Granite 4.1 8b share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3 Deep Think has 3 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.1 8b has 13.

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