$ diff granite-4-2 gemini-3-7-flash
Granite 4.2 vs Gemini 3.7 Flash
Values come from Granite 4.2 and Gemini 3.7 Flash, where each is cited to its source. This page states no benchmark result and ranks neither model — it puts two published specifications next to each other. Where a lab has not published a figure, the row says so rather than guessing.
IBMGranite 4.2
- context
- 512K
- weights
- open
- $/M in
- —
- $/M out
- —
- context
- 1M
- weights
- closed
- $/M in
- $0.75
- $/M out
- $3.75
What actually differs
- Context window
- Gemini 3.7 Flash takes 1M against 512K — modestly more room in a single request.
- Weights
- Granite 4.2 publishes weights (Apache 2.0); Gemini 3.7 Flash is API-only. That decides self-hosting, air-gapped deployment and fine-tuning before any capability question does.
- Recency
- Granite 4.2 shipped 12 days after Gemini 3.7 Flash (2026-08-25 vs 2026-08-13).
Full spec
| Attribute | Granite 4.2 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | IBM | Google DeepMind |
| Released | 2026-08-25 | 2026-08-13 |
| Context window | 512K (30B); unknown (3B, 8B) | 1,000,000 tokens (64,000 max output) |
| Pricing | not applicable — open weights, no hosted rate published | $0.75/M input · $3.75/M output (introductory, through 2026-12-31) · $1.50/M · $7.50/M from 2027-01-01 |
| License | Apache 2.0 | proprietary |
| Availability | Hugging Face, Ollama, GitHub | Gemini API, Google AI Studio, Android Studio, Google Antigravity, Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, Gemini Enterprise app, Spark in the Gemini app (AI Pro and Ultra) |