Model comparison
Gemma 2B vs Granite 4.0 H Small
Granite 4.0 H Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2B scores higher in 0 categories and Granite 4.0 H Small in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in instruction following, where Granite 4.0 H Small leads 68.7 to 48.5.
Side by side
| Gemma 2B | Granite 4.0 H Small | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | |
| Noometry Index | 29.6 | 36.5 |
| Released | 2024-02-21 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 23 | 19 |
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Category by category
Coding Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Gemma 2B: 29.4 (#305), Granite 4.0 H Small: 36.4 (#209)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1010 | 1249 |
| HumanEval+ | 20.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 34.1% | — |
Reasoning Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Gemma 2B: 18.8 (#275), Granite 4.0 H Small: 24.4 (#163)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 989 | 1240 |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 35.2% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 94.2 | — |
| HellaSwag | 71.4% | — |
| PIQA | 77.3% | — |
| WinoGrande | 65.4% | — |
Math Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Gemma 2B: 30.0 (#239), Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.4 (#223)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1009 | 1247 |
| Omni-MATH | — | 29.6% |
| GSM8K | 17.7% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemma 2B: —, Granite 4.0 H Small: 32.0 (#215)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | — | 56.9% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.2% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 38.3% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1251 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 42.1% | — |
| BoolQ | 69.4% | — |
| MMLU | 42.3% | — |
| TriviaQA | 53.2% | — |
Multilingual Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Gemma 2B: 23.0 (#294), Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.6 (#228)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 958 | 1216 |
| LMArena Chinese | 986 | 1249 |
| LMArena Russian | 937 | 1201 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1258 |
Instruction Following Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Gemma 2B: 48.5 (#302), Granite 4.0 H Small: 68.7 (#183)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 970 | 1222 |
| IFEval | — | 89% |
Long Context Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Gemma 2B: 29.9 (#291), Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.7 (#213)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 981 | 1242 |
Writing & Preference Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Gemma 2B: 24.0 (#308), Granite 4.0 H Small: 43.8 (#227)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1002 | 1241 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 987 | 1211 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 945 | 1242 |
| WildBench | — | 73.9% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2B better than Granite 4.0 H Small?
Granite 4.0 H Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 2B or Granite 4.0 H Small better for coding?
Granite 4.0 H Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.4 versus 29.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2B and Granite 4.0 H Small share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2B has 23 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 H Small has 19.