Model comparison
Gemma 2 9B vs Granite 4.0 Micro
Granite 4.0 Micro is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.0 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 9B scores higher in 0 categories and Granite 4.0 Micro in 5 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Granite 4.0 Micro leads 46.7 to 32.1.
Side by side
| Gemma 2 9B | Granite 4.0 Micro | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | |
| Noometry Index | 25.9 | 29.0 |
| Released | 2024-06-24 | 2025-10-02 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 118K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.017 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.11 |
| Results tracked | 35 | 8 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Gemma 2 9B: 29.4 (#304), Granite 4.0 Micro: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 34.7% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 22.5% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1173 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 40.6% | — |
Reasoning Granite 4.0 Micro leads
Gemma 2 9B: 15.9 (#309), Granite 4.0 Micro: 19.2 (#265)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 15.2% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1171 | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 36.4% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.83 | — |
| LiveBench | 28.7% | — |
| PIQA | 83.7% | — |
Math Granite 4.0 Micro leads
Gemma 2 9B: 9.9 (#318), Granite 4.0 Micro: 12.0 (#307)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 0.6% | 2.8% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 20.9% |
| LiveBench Math | 19.8% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1183 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 21% | — |
| GSM8K | 84.9% | — |
Knowledge Too close to call
Gemma 2 9B: 9.7 (#305), Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#304)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 27.5% | 28.3% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 39.5% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 30.7% |
| LMArena Expert | 1147 | — |
| BoolQ | 85.7% | — |
| MMLU | 72.1% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemma 2 9B: 36.6 (#238), Granite 4.0 Micro: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1188 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1185 | — |
| LMArena French | 1190 | — |
| LMArena German | 1186 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1144 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1137 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1200 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1200 | — |
Instruction Following Granite 4.0 Micro leads
Gemma 2 9B: 57.6 (#269), Granite 4.0 Micro: 69.9 (#169)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 52.6% | — |
| IFEval | — | 84.9% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1178 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemma 2 9B: 36.3 (#233), Granite 4.0 Micro: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1197 | — |
Writing & Preference Granite 4.0 Micro leads
Gemma 2 9B: 32.1 (#281), Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#216)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1207 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1206 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 841 | — |
| WildBench | — | 67% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1193 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.5% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2 9B better than Granite 4.0 Micro?
Granite 4.0 Micro is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.0 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 9B and Granite 4.0 Micro share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 9B has 35 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 Micro has 8.