Model comparison
Gemini 3 Deep Think vs Granite 4.2 3b
Granite 4.2 3b has enough public results to be ranked (#163); 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 25.0.
- Granite 4.2 3b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 3 Deep Think | Granite 4.2 3b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | |
| Noometry Index | 58.5 | 39.0 |
| 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 3b: 39.4 (#146)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | — | 1363 |
Reasoning Gemini 3 Deep Think leads
Gemini 3 Deep Think: 70.8 (#11), Granite 4.2 3b: 25.0 (#136)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 84.6% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 96% | — |
| CritPt | 25.7% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1308 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Granite 4.2 3b: 35.6 (#169)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1313 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Granite 4.2 3b: 42.4 (#193)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1268 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1268 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1249 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Granite 4.2 3b: 67.2 (#195)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1271 |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Granite 4.2 3b: 39.3 (#179)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1293 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Granite 4.2 3b: 47.9 (#202)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1295 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1215 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1293 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 3 Deep Think better than Granite 4.2 3b?
Granite 4.2 3b has enough public results to be ranked (#163); 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 3b share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3 Deep Think has 3 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.2 3b has 11.