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Model comparison

Gemini 3.7 Flash vs Granite 4.2 8B

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 40.5 on the Noometry Index. Granite 4.2 8B costs 14× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.7 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.7 Flash Google

59.8

Rank #14 Confirmed

Granite 4.2 8B IBM

40.5

Rank #148 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher in 7 categories and Granite 4.2 8B in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.7 Flash leads 70.0 to 26.6.
  • Granite 4.2 8B is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.25 per million input/output tokens, against $0.75 / $3.75 for Gemini 3.7 Flash.
  • Gemini 3.7 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 131K.
  • Granite 4.2 8B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.7 FlashGranite 4.2 8B
ProviderGoogleIBM
Noometry Index59.840.5
Released2026-08-13—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M131K
Max output66K118K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$0.06
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$0.25
Results tracked4411

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 56.2 (#22), Granite 4.2 8B: 40.5 (#137)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGranite 4.2 8B
LMArena Coding14971380
DeepSWE65.5%—
FrontierCode43.6%—
LMArena WebDev1592—
FrontierSWE20.3%—
SciCode59.8%—
ALE-Bench904.3—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 42.1 (#19), Granite 4.2 8B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGranite 4.2 8B
APEX-Agents67.8%—
Remote Labor Index5%—
GDP.pdf23.8%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 70.0 (#15), Granite 4.2 8B: 26.6 (#131)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGranite 4.2 8B
LMArena Hard Prompts14941329
ARC-AGI-284.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)94%—
ARC-AGI-195.5%—
CritPt14.3%—
Chess Puzzles47%—
Mystery Game Puzzles37%—
DTBench96.8%—
LMCA50.4%—
Epoch Capabilities Index157.27—

Math Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.6 (#23), Granite 4.2 8B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGranite 4.2 8B
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)71.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 436.6%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202597.2%—
ProofBench58%—
LMArena Math1507—

Knowledge Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.7 (#5), Granite 4.2 8B: 38.4 (#145)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGranite 4.2 8B
LMArena Expert15081384
GPQA Diamond94.8%—
SimpleQA Verified69.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 37.3 (#73), Granite 4.2 8B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGranite 4.2 8B
LMArena Vision1316—
Furniture Assembly26.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 57.6 (#7), Granite 4.2 8B: 44.5 (#178)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGranite 4.2 8B
LMArena Non-English14841302
LMArena Chinese15481366
LMArena Russian15161285
LMArena French1505—
LMArena German1498—
LMArena Japanese1512—
LMArena Korean1483—
LMArena Spanish1503—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 77.7 (#15), Granite 4.2 8B: 68.7 (#184)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGranite 4.2 8B
LMArena Instruction Following14831301

Long Context Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 45.7 (#30), Granite 4.2 8B: 40.3 (#159)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGranite 4.2 8B
LMArena Longer Query14921324

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 71.2 (#20), Granite 4.2 8B: 49.6 (#189)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGranite 4.2 8B
LMArena Text14861320
LMArena Creative Writing14901236
LMArena Multi-Turn14891301
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1723—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash better than Granite 4.2 8B?

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 40.5 on the Noometry Index. Granite 4.2 8B costs 14× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.7 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.7 Flash 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; Gemini 3.7 Flash lists at $0.75 and $3.75.

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash or Granite 4.2 8B better for coding?

Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 56.2 versus 40.5 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.7 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.7 Flash and Granite 4.2 8B share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.7 Flash has 44 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.2 8B has 11.

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