Model comparison

Gemma 3n E4b IT vs Granite 4.0 Micro

Gemma 3n E4b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.3 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.

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Gemma 3n E4b IT Google

37.3

Rank #206 Confirmed

Granite 4.0 Micro IBM

29.0

Rank #318 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemma 3n E4b IT leads 34.2 to 9.9.

Side by side

Gemma 3n E4b IT and Granite 4.0 Micro specifications
Gemma 3n E4b ITGranite 4.0 Micro
ProviderGoogleIBM
Noometry Index37.329.0
Released—2025-10-02
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—131K
Max output—118K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.017
Output $ / M tokens—$0.11
Results tracked188

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 37.0 (#198), Granite 4.0 Micro: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITGranite 4.0 Micro
LMArena Coding1268—

Reasoning Too close to call

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 19.9 (#247), Granite 4.0 Micro: 19.2 (#265)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITGranite 4.0 Micro
Kagi LLM Benchmark31.5%—
Chess Puzzles—0%
LMArena Hard Prompts1284—

Math Gemma 3n E4b IT leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 35.1 (#188), Granite 4.0 Micro: 12.0 (#307)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITGranite 4.0 Micro
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—2.8%
Omni-MATH—20.9%
LMArena Math1251—

Knowledge Gemma 3n E4b IT leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 34.2 (#198), Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#304)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITGranite 4.0 Micro
GPQA Diamond—28.3%
MMLU-Pro—39.5%
GPQA (HELM)—30.7%
LMArena Expert1246—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 43.4 (#183), Granite 4.0 Micro: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITGranite 4.0 Micro
LMArena Non-English1285—
LMArena Chinese1309—
LMArena French1330—
LMArena German1311—
LMArena Japanese1272—
LMArena Korean1259—
LMArena Russian1288—
LMArena Spanish1305—

Instruction Following Granite 4.0 Micro leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 66.1 (#210), Granite 4.0 Micro: 69.9 (#169)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITGranite 4.0 Micro
IFEval—84.9%
LMArena Instruction Following1255—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 38.7 (#191), Granite 4.0 Micro: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITGranite 4.0 Micro
LMArena Longer Query1276—

Writing & Preference Gemma 3n E4b IT leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 50.1 (#186), Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#216)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITGranite 4.0 Micro
LMArena Text1306—
LMArena Creative Writing1287—
WildBench—67%
LMArena Multi-Turn1276—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 3n E4b IT better than Granite 4.0 Micro?

Gemma 3n E4b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.3 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 3n E4b IT and Granite 4.0 Micro share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3n E4b IT has 18 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 Micro has 8.

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