Gemini 4 Carbon (High) vs Granite 4.2 3B

Gemini 4 Carbon (High) 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 (High)On the frontier
Intelligence
59.40
Total cost
$8240
IBMGranite 4.2 3BNot ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
-
Total cost
-
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 (High)Granite 4.2 3BDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)59.4Not reported— not comparable
Total AA cost (lower is better)$8,239.69Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)105.19s45.58s−56.7% Granite 4.2 3B is 56.7% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$4.00 / $20.0$0.03 / $0.12
Input modalitiesText, Image, Speech, VideoText
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