Model comparison
Gemini 3 Deep Think vs Granite 4.2 30b
Granite 4.2 30b has enough public results to be ranked (#126); Gemini 3 Deep Think does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3 Deep Think leads 70.8 to 26.7.
- Granite 4.2 30b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 3 Deep Think | Granite 4.2 30b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | |
| Noometry Index | 58.5 | 41.4 |
| Released | 2026-02-12 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 3 | 11 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Granite 4.2 30b: 40.4 (#127)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | — | 1394 |
Reasoning Gemini 3 Deep Think leads
Gemini 3 Deep Think: 70.8 (#11), Granite 4.2 30b: 26.7 (#114)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 84.6% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 96% | — |
| CritPt | 25.7% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1375 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Granite 4.2 30b: 38.5 (#134)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1405 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Granite 4.2 30b: 47.4 (#146)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1340 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1415 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1342 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Granite 4.2 30b: 71.3 (#150)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1346 |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Granite 4.2 30b: 41.4 (#135)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1359 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Granite 4.2 30b: 54.3 (#147)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1363 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1294 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1340 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 3 Deep Think better than Granite 4.2 30b?
Granite 4.2 30b has enough public results to be ranked (#126); Gemini 3 Deep Think does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 3 Deep Think and Granite 4.2 30b share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3 Deep Think has 3 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.2 30b has 11.