# Gemini 3 Deep Think vs Granite 4.2 30b

> Granite 4.2 30b has enough public results to be ranked (#126); 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-4-2-30b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3 Deep Think leads 70.8 to 26.7.
- Granite 4.2 30b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 58.5 | 41.4 |
| Rank | — | 126 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Gemini 3 Deep Think: —
- Granite 4.2 30b: 40.4 (#127)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | — | 1394 |

## Reasoning

- Gemini 3 Deep Think: 70.8 (#11)
- Granite 4.2 30b: 26.7 (#114)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 84.6% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 96% | — |
| CritPt | 25.7% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1375 |

## Knowledge

- Gemini 3 Deep Think: —
- Granite 4.2 30b: 38.5 (#134)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1405 |

## Multilingual

- Gemini 3 Deep Think: —
- Granite 4.2 30b: 47.4 (#146)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1340 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1415 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1342 |

## Instruction Following

- Gemini 3 Deep Think: —
- Granite 4.2 30b: 71.3 (#150)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1346 |

## Long Context

- Gemini 3 Deep Think: —
- Granite 4.2 30b: 41.4 (#135)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1359 |

## Writing & Preference

- Gemini 3 Deep Think: —
- Granite 4.2 30b: 54.3 (#147)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1363 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1294 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1340 |

## FAQ

### Is Gemini 3 Deep Think better than Granite 4.2 30b?

Granite 4.2 30b has enough public results to be ranked (#126); Gemini 3 Deep Think does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### How many benchmarks do Gemini 3 Deep Think and Granite 4.2 30b share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3 Deep Think has 3 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.2 30b has 11.