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Model comparison

Gemma 4 31B IT vs Granite 4.2 8B

Gemma 4 31B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 40.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 4 31B IT Google

43.5

Rank #90 Confirmed

Granite 4.2 8B IBM

40.5

Rank #148 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 4 31B IT scores higher in 6 categories and Granite 4.2 8B in 1 category; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemma 4 31B IT leads 60.5 to 49.6.
  • Granite 4.2 8B is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.25 per million input/output tokens, against $0.09 / $0.34 for Gemma 4 31B IT.
  • Gemma 4 31B IT accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 131K.

Side by side

Gemma 4 31B ITGranite 4.2 8B
ProviderGoogleIBM
Noometry Index43.540.5
Released2026-04-02—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K131K
Max output33K118K
Input $ / M tokens$0.09$0.06
Output $ / M tokens$0.34$0.25
Results tracked3511

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Category by category

Coding Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 42.3 (#108), Granite 4.2 8B: 40.5 (#137)

BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITGranite 4.2 8B
LMArena Coding14591380
LMArena WebDev1366—
SciCode43.4%—
WeirdML52.3%—
ALE-Bench925.5—

Reasoning Too close to call

Gemma 4 31B IT: 27.2 (#122), Granite 4.2 8B: 26.6 (#131)

BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITGranite 4.2 8B
LMArena Hard Prompts14481329
Kagi LLM Benchmark63.5%—
NYT Connections (extended)70.6%—
CritPt1.4%—
Chess Puzzles5%—
Thematic Generalization53%—
DTBench82.7%—
LMCA39.3%—
Surface Evolver Bench30.6%—
Epoch Capabilities Index142.74—

Math Not comparable

Gemma 4 31B IT: 43.2 (#81), Granite 4.2 8B: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITGranite 4.2 8B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202573.3%—
LMArena Math1465—

Knowledge Too close to call

Gemma 4 31B IT: 37.9 (#151), Granite 4.2 8B: 38.4 (#145)

BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITGranite 4.2 8B
LMArena Expert14651384
GPQA Diamond75.8%—
SimpleQA Verified10.4%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate7.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 4 31B IT: 41.6 (#34), Granite 4.2 8B: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITGranite 4.2 8B
LMArena Vision1277—
LMArena Document1425—

Multilingual Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 53.8 (#57), Granite 4.2 8B: 44.5 (#178)

BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITGranite 4.2 8B
LMArena Non-English14311302
LMArena Chinese14761366
LMArena Russian14601285
LMArena French1435—
LMArena Spanish1444—

Instruction Following Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 75.5 (#61), Granite 4.2 8B: 68.7 (#184)

BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITGranite 4.2 8B
LMArena Instruction Following14331301

Long Context Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 44.2 (#71), Granite 4.2 8B: 40.3 (#159)

BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITGranite 4.2 8B
LMArena Longer Query14461324

Writing & Preference Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 60.5 (#96), Granite 4.2 8B: 49.6 (#189)

BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITGranite 4.2 8B
LMArena Text14431320
LMArena Creative Writing14151236
LMArena Multi-Turn14521301
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1368—
EQ-Bench 41120—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 4 31B IT better than Granite 4.2 8B?

Gemma 4 31B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 40.5 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemma 4 31B IT or Granite 4.2 8B?

Granite 4.2 8B is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.25 per million output tokens; Gemma 4 31B IT lists at $0.09 and $0.34.

Is Gemma 4 31B IT or Granite 4.2 8B better for coding?

Gemma 4 31B IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.3 versus 40.5 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemma 4 31B IT does, with 262K tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 4 31B IT and Granite 4.2 8B share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 4 31B IT has 35 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.2 8B has 11.

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