# Gemini 3 Deep Think vs Granite 4.1 8b

> Granite 4.1 8b has enough public results to be ranked (#205); Gemini 3 Deep Think does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-3-deep-think-vs-granite-4-1-8b
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3 Deep Think leads 70.2 to 25.7.
- Granite 4.1 8b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Granite 4.1 8b |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 58.3 | 37.4 |
| Rank | — | 205 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Gemini 3 Deep Think: —
- Granite 4.1 8b: 30.1 (#297)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Granite 4.1 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1192 |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1312 |

## Reasoning

- Gemini 3 Deep Think: 70.2 (#14)
- Granite 4.1 8b: 25.7 (#143)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Granite 4.1 8b |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 84.6% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 96% | — |
| CritPt | 25.7% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1293 |

## Math

- Gemini 3 Deep Think: —
- Granite 4.1 8b: 36.4 (#166)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Granite 4.1 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1312 |

## Knowledge

- Gemini 3 Deep Think: —
- Granite 4.1 8b: 36.1 (#174)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Granite 4.1 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1309 |

## Multilingual

- Gemini 3 Deep Think: —
- Granite 4.1 8b: 41.7 (#204)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Granite 4.1 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1261 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1337 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1240 |

## Instruction Following

- Gemini 3 Deep Think: —
- Granite 4.1 8b: 66.9 (#203)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Granite 4.1 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1269 |

## Long Context

- Gemini 3 Deep Think: —
- Granite 4.1 8b: 38.7 (#193)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Granite 4.1 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1275 |

## Writing & Preference

- Gemini 3 Deep Think: —
- Granite 4.1 8b: 48.1 (#204)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Granite 4.1 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1290 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1251 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1268 |

## FAQ

### Is Gemini 3 Deep Think better than Granite 4.1 8b?

Granite 4.1 8b has enough public results to be ranked (#205); Gemini 3 Deep Think does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### How many benchmarks do Gemini 3 Deep Think and Granite 4.1 8b share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3 Deep Think has 3 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.1 8b has 13.