Model comparison

Gemma 1.1 7b IT vs Granite 4.0 Micro

Gemma 1.1 7b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.7 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 1.1 7b IT Google

30.7

Rank #275 Confirmed

Granite 4.0 Micro IBM

28.8

Rank #312 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemma 1.1 7b IT leads 29.5 to 11.2.

Side by side

Gemma 1.1 7b IT and Granite 4.0 Micro specifications
Gemma 1.1 7b ITGranite 4.0 Micro
ProviderGoogleIBM
Noometry Index30.728.8
Released—2025-10-02
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—131K
Max output—118K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.017
Output $ / M tokens—$0.11
Results tracked198

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 31.0 (#279), Granite 4.0 Micro: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGranite 4.0 Micro
LMArena Coding1084—
HumanEval+35.4%—
MBPP+45%—

Reasoning Gemma 1.1 7b IT leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 19.6 (#235), Granite 4.0 Micro: 18.5 (#261)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGranite 4.0 Micro
Chess Puzzles—0%
LMArena Hard Prompts1071—

Math Gemma 1.1 7b IT leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 29.5 (#217), Granite 4.0 Micro: 11.2 (#301)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGranite 4.0 Micro
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—2.8%
Omni-MATH—20.9%
LMArena Math1107—

Knowledge Gemma 1.1 7b IT leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 27.8 (#242), Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#299)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGranite 4.0 Micro
GPQA Diamond—28.3%
MMLU-Pro—39.5%
GPQA (HELM)—30.7%
LMArena Expert1039—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 28.3 (#268), Granite 4.0 Micro: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGranite 4.0 Micro
LMArena Non-English1052—
LMArena Chinese1060—
LMArena French1064—
LMArena German1054—
LMArena Japanese971—
LMArena Korean988—
LMArena Russian1046—
LMArena Spanish1049—

Instruction Following Granite 4.0 Micro leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 54.3 (#278), Granite 4.0 Micro: 70.0 (#164)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGranite 4.0 Micro
IFEval—84.9%
LMArena Instruction Following1057—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 32.0 (#267), Granite 4.0 Micro: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGranite 4.0 Micro
LMArena Longer Query1056—

Writing & Preference Granite 4.0 Micro leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 30.6 (#283), Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#212)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGranite 4.0 Micro
LMArena Text1094—
LMArena Creative Writing1059—
WildBench—67%
LMArena Multi-Turn1040—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 1.1 7b IT better than Granite 4.0 Micro?

Gemma 1.1 7b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.7 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 1.1 7b IT and Granite 4.0 Micro share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 1.1 7b IT has 19 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 Micro has 8.

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