Model comparison

Gemma 3 1B vs Granite 4.0 H Small

Granite 4.0 H Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 20.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3 1B Google

20.7

Rank #348 Reported

Granite 4.0 H Small IBM

35.9

Rank #213 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Granite 4.0 H Small leads 31.5 to 7.1.

Side by side

Gemma 3 1B and Granite 4.0 H Small specifications
Gemma 3 1BGranite 4.0 H Small
ProviderGoogleIBM
Noometry Index20.735.9
Released2025-03-12—
WeightsOpenOpen
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Max output——
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Results tracked419

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Granite 4.0 H Small: 35.8 (#207)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Coding—1247

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: 13.5 (#144), Granite 4.0 H Small: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BGranite 4.0 H Small
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard7.2%—

Reasoning Granite 4.0 H Small leads

Gemma 3 1B: 18.5 (#260), Granite 4.0 H Small: 23.4 (#164)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BGranite 4.0 H Small
Chess Puzzles0%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1240

Math Granite 4.0 H Small leads

Gemma 3 1B: 9.6 (#310), Granite 4.0 H Small: 29.3 (#219)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BGranite 4.0 H Small
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20251.1%—
Omni-MATH—29.6%
LMArena Math—1251

Knowledge Granite 4.0 H Small leads

Gemma 3 1B: 7.1 (#309), Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.5 (#210)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BGranite 4.0 H Small
GPQA Diamond19.9%—
MMLU-Pro—56.9%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—5.2%
GPQA (HELM)—38.3%
LMArena Expert—1244

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.7 (#223)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Non-English—1216
LMArena Chinese—1250
LMArena Russian—1198
LMArena Spanish—1258

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Granite 4.0 H Small: 68.9 (#178)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BGranite 4.0 H Small
IFEval—89%
LMArena Instruction Following—1221

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.6 (#209)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Longer Query—1240

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Granite 4.0 H Small: 44.0 (#222)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Text—1241
LMArena Creative Writing—1210
WildBench—73.9%
LMArena Multi-Turn—1243

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 3 1B better than Granite 4.0 H Small?

Granite 4.0 H Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 20.7 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 1B and Granite 4.0 H Small share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 1B has 4 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 H Small has 19.

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