Model comparison
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) vs Granite 4.0 H Small
Granite 4.0 H Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 32.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) scores higher in 3 categories and Granite 4.0 H Small in 5 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Granite 4.0 H Small leads 29.3 to 20.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MMLU-Pro: 67.8% for Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) 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
| Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Granite 4.0 H Small | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | |
| Noometry Index | 32.9 | 35.9 |
| Released | 2024-05-14 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 42 | 19 |
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Category by category
Coding Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 33.9 (#233), Granite 4.0 H Small: 35.8 (#207)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1262 | 1247 |
| WeirdML | 24.9% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 43.5% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 55.1% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 75.6% | — |
| MBPP+ | 67.5% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.3 (#97), Granite 4.0 H Small: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | 14.6% | — |
Reasoning Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 20.8 (#212), Granite 4.0 H Small: 23.4 (#164)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1257 | 1240 |
| DTBench | 53.8% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 129.37 | — |
| ForecastBench | 53.9 | — |
| PIQA | 87.5% | — |
Math Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 20.8 (#274), Granite 4.0 H Small: 29.3 (#219)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 30.4% | 29.6% |
| LMArena Math | 1269 | 1251 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 16.3% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 61.9% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 0% | — |
| GSM8K | 82.4% | — |
Knowledge Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.2 (#253), Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.5 (#210)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 67.8% | 56.9% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 43.7% | 38.3% |
| LMArena Expert | 1233 | 1244 |
| GPQA Diamond | 47.3% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.2% |
| BoolQ | 85.8% | — |
| MMLU | 77.9% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 35.3 (#76), Granite 4.0 H Small: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1141 | — |
| Video-MME | 70.3% | — |
| GeoBench | 76% | — |
Multilingual Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 43.1 (#184), Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.7 (#223)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1278 | 1216 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1295 | 1250 |
| LMArena Russian | 1288 | 1198 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1242 | 1258 |
| LMArena French | 1257 | — |
| LMArena German | 1262 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1252 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1220 | — |
Instruction Following Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 67.0 (#199), Granite 4.0 H Small: 68.9 (#178)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 83.1% | 89% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1258 | 1221 |
Long Context Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 39.0 (#182), Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.6 (#209)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1284 | 1240 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 48.9 (#190), Granite 4.0 H Small: 44.0 (#222)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1287 | 1241 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1285 | 1210 |
| WildBench | 79.2% | 73.9% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1253 | 1243 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) better than Granite 4.0 H Small?
Granite 4.0 H Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 32.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) or Granite 4.0 H Small better for coding?
Granite 4.0 H Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.8 versus 33.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and Granite 4.0 H Small share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) has 42 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 H Small has 19.