# Gemini 3.7 Flash vs Granite 4.2 30B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 3.7 Flash and Granite 4.2 30B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemini-3-7-flash-vs-granite-4-2-30b
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Gemini 3.7 Flash and Granite 4.2 30B share only 2 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 2 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Granite 4.2 30B has the lower published output-token price.
- Gemini 3.7 Flash has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Granite 4.2 30B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | IBM |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 128K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 68.49 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 22 | 14 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.75 / $3.75 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 64 (Supported · #12/152)
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Granite 4.2 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 85.8% | 29.2% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | 14.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | 30.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 47.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | 26.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 77.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 62.0% | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 61.4% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 62.7 (Supported · #15/151)
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Granite 4.2 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | 43.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | 65.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 85.8% | 29.2% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| FrontierSWE v2 | 20.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 88.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 80.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 41.9% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 33.3% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 57% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 75.8% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 38.8% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 82.7 (#9/48)
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Granite 4.2 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv w/o tools | 84.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 88.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LVBench | 85.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 77.2 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: 54.7 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Granite 4.2 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCR v2 64K-128K | 97% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 69.7 (Supported · #13/183)
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Granite 4.2 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HLE-Verified | 53.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LABBench2 | 82.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BioMysteryBench (human-solvable) | 87.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BioMysteryBench (human-difficult) | 43.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 93.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 90.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 66.4% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 77.6% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.7 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Granite 4.2 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 77.2% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.7 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Granite 4.2 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | Coming soon | 89.2% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | Coming soon | 89.2% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Gemini 3.7 Flash and Granite 4.2 30B?

Not yet. The models share only 2 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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