Gemini 4 Carbon (Medium) vs Granite 4.2 3B

Gemini 4 Carbon (Medium) vs Granite 4.2 3B. A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

GoogleGemini 4 Carbon (Medium)On the frontier
Intelligence
57.70
Total cost
$5903
IBMGranite 4.2 3BNot ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
4.70
Total cost
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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 4 Carbon (Medium)Granite 4.2 3BDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)57.74.7−91.9% Granite 4.2 3B is 91.9% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$5,903.03Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)Not reportedNot reported— not comparable
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$4.00 / $20.0—
Input modalitiesText, Image, Speech, VideoText
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