Model comparison
Gemma 7B vs Granite 4.2 8B
Granite 4.2 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.5 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 7B scores higher in 0 categories and Granite 4.2 8B in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Granite 4.2 8B leads 49.6 to 27.1.
Side by side
| Gemma 7B | Granite 4.2 8B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | |
| Noometry Index | 30.0 | 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 | 27 | 11 |
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Category by category
Coding Granite 4.2 8B leads
Gemma 7B: 30.5 (#294), Granite 4.2 8B: 40.5 (#137)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Granite 4.2 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1048 | 1380 |
| HumanEval+ | 28.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 43.4% | — |
Reasoning Granite 4.2 8B leads
Gemma 7B: 19.9 (#249), Granite 4.2 8B: 26.6 (#131)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Granite 4.2 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1042 | 1329 |
| Adversarial NLI | 48.7% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 55.1% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 111.99 | — |
| HellaSwag | 82.2% | — |
| PIQA | 81.2% | — |
| WinoGrande | 79% | — |
Math Not comparable
Gemma 7B: 31.2 (#228), Granite 4.2 8B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Granite 4.2 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1066 | — |
| GSM8K | 46.4% | — |
Knowledge Granite 4.2 8B leads
Gemma 7B: 27.3 (#252), Granite 4.2 8B: 38.4 (#145)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Granite 4.2 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1001 | 1384 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 78.3% | — |
| BoolQ | 83.2% | — |
| MMLU | 66.1% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 78.6% | — |
| TriviaQA | 72.3% | — |
Multilingual Granite 4.2 8B leads
Gemma 7B: 25.1 (#287), Granite 4.2 8B: 44.5 (#178)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Granite 4.2 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 999 | 1302 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1035 | 1366 |
| LMArena Russian | 993 | 1285 |
| LMArena French | 1025 | — |
Instruction Following Granite 4.2 8B leads
Gemma 7B: 51.5 (#295), Granite 4.2 8B: 68.7 (#184)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Granite 4.2 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1017 | 1301 |
Long Context Granite 4.2 8B leads
Gemma 7B: 31.1 (#282), Granite 4.2 8B: 40.3 (#159)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Granite 4.2 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1022 | 1324 |
Writing & Preference Granite 4.2 8B leads
Gemma 7B: 27.1 (#302), Granite 4.2 8B: 49.6 (#189)
| Benchmark | Gemma 7B | Granite 4.2 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1056 | 1320 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1024 | 1236 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 963 | 1301 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 7B better than Granite 4.2 8B?
Granite 4.2 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.5 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 7B or Granite 4.2 8B better for coding?
Granite 4.2 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.5 versus 30.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 7B and Granite 4.2 8B share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 7B has 27 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.2 8B has 11.