Gemini 3.5 Flash (Medium) vs Granite 4.2 30B

Gemini 3.5 Flash (Medium) vs Granite 4.2 30B. A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

GoogleGemini 3.5 Flash (Medium)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
33.60
Total cost
-
IBMGranite 4.2 30BOff the frontier
Intelligence
12.70
Total cost
$111
Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricGemini 3.5 Flash (Medium)Granite 4.2 30BDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)33.612.7−62.2% Granite 4.2 30B is 62.2% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)Not reported$110.83— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)14.42s44.22s+206.7% Granite 4.2 30B is 206.7% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$1.50 / $9.00$0.16 / $0.65
Input modalitiesText, Image, Speech, VideoText
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