Model comparison
Gemma 1.1 2b IT vs Granite 4.0 Micro
Gemma 1.1 2b IT and Granite 4.0 Micro score almost the same on the Noometry Index (28.8 vs 28.8), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Granite 4.0 Micro leads 46.7 to 25.3.
Side by side
| Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Granite 4.0 Micro | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | |
| Noometry Index | 28.8 | 28.8 |
| Released | — | 2025-10-02 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 118K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.017 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.11 |
| Results tracked | 16 | 8 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 29.6 (#294), Granite 4.0 Micro: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1034 | — |
| HumanEval+ | 17.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 23.3% | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 18.2 (#268), Granite 4.0 Micro: 18.5 (#261)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1005 | — |
Math Gemma 1.1 2b IT leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 28.3 (#230), Granite 4.0 Micro: 11.2 (#301)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 2.8% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 20.9% |
| LMArena Math | 1047 | — |
Knowledge Gemma 1.1 2b IT leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 26.0 (#255), Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#299)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 28.3% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 39.5% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 30.7% |
| LMArena Expert | 970 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 24.7 (#284), Granite 4.0 Micro: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 988 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1011 | — |
| LMArena German | 944 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 899 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 990 | — |
Instruction Following Granite 4.0 Micro leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 50.1 (#294), Granite 4.0 Micro: 70.0 (#164)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | — | 84.9% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 992 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.5 (#281), Granite 4.0 Micro: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1003 | — |
Writing & Preference Granite 4.0 Micro leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 25.3 (#301), Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#212)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1022 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 998 | — |
| WildBench | — | 67% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 958 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 1.1 2b IT better than Granite 4.0 Micro?
Gemma 1.1 2b IT and Granite 4.0 Micro score almost the same on the Noometry Index (28.8 vs 28.8), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 1.1 2b IT and Granite 4.0 Micro share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 1.1 2b IT has 16 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 Micro has 8.