Model comparison
Gemma 2B vs Granite 4.2 8B
Granite 4.2 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.5 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2B scores higher in 0 categories and Granite 4.2 8B in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Granite 4.2 8B leads 49.6 to 24.0.
Side by side
| Gemma 2B | Granite 4.2 8B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | |
| Noometry Index | 29.6 | 40.5 |
| Released | 2024-02-21 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 118K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.06 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.25 |
| Results tracked | 23 | 11 |
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Category by category
Coding Granite 4.2 8B leads
Gemma 2B: 29.4 (#305), Granite 4.2 8B: 40.5 (#137)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Granite 4.2 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1010 | 1380 |
| HumanEval+ | 20.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 34.1% | — |
Reasoning Granite 4.2 8B leads
Gemma 2B: 18.8 (#275), Granite 4.2 8B: 26.6 (#131)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Granite 4.2 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 989 | 1329 |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 35.2% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 94.2 | — |
| HellaSwag | 71.4% | — |
| PIQA | 77.3% | — |
| WinoGrande | 65.4% | — |
Math Not comparable
Gemma 2B: 30.0 (#239), Granite 4.2 8B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Granite 4.2 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1009 | — |
| GSM8K | 17.7% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemma 2B: —, Granite 4.2 8B: 38.4 (#145)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Granite 4.2 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1384 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 42.1% | — |
| BoolQ | 69.4% | — |
| MMLU | 42.3% | — |
| TriviaQA | 53.2% | — |
Multilingual Granite 4.2 8B leads
Gemma 2B: 23.0 (#294), Granite 4.2 8B: 44.5 (#178)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Granite 4.2 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 958 | 1302 |
| LMArena Chinese | 986 | 1366 |
| LMArena Russian | 937 | 1285 |
Instruction Following Granite 4.2 8B leads
Gemma 2B: 48.5 (#302), Granite 4.2 8B: 68.7 (#184)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Granite 4.2 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 970 | 1301 |
Long Context Granite 4.2 8B leads
Gemma 2B: 29.9 (#291), Granite 4.2 8B: 40.3 (#159)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Granite 4.2 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 981 | 1324 |
Writing & Preference Granite 4.2 8B leads
Gemma 2B: 24.0 (#308), Granite 4.2 8B: 49.6 (#189)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Granite 4.2 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1002 | 1320 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 987 | 1236 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 945 | 1301 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2B better than Granite 4.2 8B?
Granite 4.2 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.5 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 2B or Granite 4.2 8B better for coding?
Granite 4.2 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.5 versus 29.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2B and Granite 4.2 8B share?
10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2B has 23 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.2 8B has 11.