Model comparison
DBRX vs Granite 4.0 Micro
DBRX and Granite 4.0 Micro score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.4 vs 29.0), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. DBRX scores higher in 3 categories and Granite 4.0 Micro in 2 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Granite 4.0 Micro leads 46.7 to 33.6.
Side by side
| DBRX | Granite 4.0 Micro | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 29.4 | 29.0 |
| Released | 2024-03-27 | 2025-10-02 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 118K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.017 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.11 |
| Results tracked | 21 | 8 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
DBRX: 32.9 (#266), Granite 4.0 Micro: —
| Benchmark | DBRX | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1132 | — |
| HumanEval+ | 70.1% | — |
| MBPP+ | 55.8% | — |
Reasoning DBRX leads
DBRX: 21.4 (#222), Granite 4.0 Micro: 19.2 (#265)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1113 | — |
Math DBRX leads
DBRX: 24.3 (#269), Granite 4.0 Micro: 12.0 (#307)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 2.8% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 20.9% |
| LMArena Math | 1145 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |
Knowledge DBRX leads
DBRX: 14.9 (#294), Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#304)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 32.9% | 28.3% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 39.5% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 30.7% |
| LMArena Expert | 1076 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
DBRX: 29.3 (#268), Granite 4.0 Micro: —
| Benchmark | DBRX | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1071 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1068 | — |
| LMArena French | 1096 | — |
| LMArena German | 1057 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 990 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 993 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1078 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1064 | — |
Instruction Following Granite 4.0 Micro leads
DBRX: 57.5 (#270), Granite 4.0 Micro: 69.9 (#169)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | — | 84.9% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1112 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
DBRX: 33.7 (#258), Granite 4.0 Micro: —
| Benchmark | DBRX | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1112 | — |
Writing & Preference Granite 4.0 Micro leads
DBRX: 33.6 (#275), Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#216)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1119 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1104 | — |
| WildBench | — | 67% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1111 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is DBRX better than Granite 4.0 Micro?
DBRX and Granite 4.0 Micro score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.4 vs 29.0), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
How many benchmarks do DBRX and Granite 4.0 Micro share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. DBRX has 21 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 Micro has 8.