Model comparison
Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs Granite 4.0 H Small
Granite 4.0 H Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 34.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 3.5 Sonnet scores higher in 5 categories and Granite 4.0 H Small in 3 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Granite 4.0 H Small leads 31.4 to 19.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MMLU-Pro: 77.7% for Claude 3.5 Sonnet and 56.9% for Granite 4.0 H Small.
- Granite 4.0 H Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Granite 4.0 H Small | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 34.6 | 36.5 |
| Released | 2024-06-20 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 60 | 19 |
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Category by category
Coding Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 39.0 (#165), Granite 4.0 H Small: 36.4 (#209)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1342 | 1249 |
| Aider Polyglot | 51.6% | — |
| GSO | 4.6% | — |
| WeirdML | 40% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 46.8% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 67.1% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 58.6% | — |
| CadEval | 48% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 81.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 74.3% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 32.3 (#67), Granite 4.0 H Small: —
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | 24% | — |
| Cybench | 17.5% | — |
| BALROG | 32.6% | — |
| METR Time Horizons | 45.2% | — |
Reasoning Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 23.1 (#183), Granite 4.0 H Small: 24.4 (#163)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1305 | 1240 |
| SimpleBench | 41.4% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 0.9% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 56.7% | — |
| DTBench | 67.8% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 55% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 133.55 | — |
| ForecastBench | 60.7 | — |
| LiveBench | 59% | — |
Math Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 19.2 (#288), Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.4 (#223)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 27.6% | 29.6% |
| LMArena Math | 1307 | 1247 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 8.5% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 52.3% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 56.9% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 2.1% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 0% | — |
Knowledge Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 28.6 (#245), Granite 4.0 H Small: 32.0 (#215)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 77.7% | 56.9% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 56.5% | 38.3% |
| LMArena Expert | 1265 | 1251 |
| GPQA Diamond | 55.3% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 4.1% | — |
| Confabulations | 19.9% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.2% |
| MMLU | 87.3% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 26.5 (#120), Granite 4.0 H Small: —
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1125 | — |
| Video-MME | 60% | — |
| GeoBench | 62% | — |
| VPCT | 33% | — |
Multilingual Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 43.2 (#185), Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.6 (#228)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1283 | 1216 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1272 | 1249 |
| LMArena Russian | 1306 | 1201 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1290 | 1258 |
| LMArena French | 1305 | — |
| LMArena German | 1297 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1234 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1200 | — |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 68.8 (#182), Granite 4.0 H Small: 68.7 (#183)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 85.5% | 89% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1297 | 1222 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 69.3% | — |
Long Context Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 39.9 (#167), Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.7 (#213)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1311 | 1242 |
Writing & Preference Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 52.9 (#164), Granite 4.0 H Small: 43.8 (#227)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1298 | 1241 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1292 | 1211 |
| WildBench | 79.2% | 73.9% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1326 | 1242 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 80.3% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1451 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 53.8% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 3.5 Sonnet better than Granite 4.0 H Small?
Granite 4.0 H Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 34.6 on the Noometry Index.
Is Claude 3.5 Sonnet or Granite 4.0 H Small better for coding?
Claude 3.5 Sonnet scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.0 versus 36.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Granite 4.0 H Small share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 3.5 Sonnet has 60 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 H Small has 19.