Model comparison
Gemma 3n E4b IT vs Granite 4.0 H Small
Gemma 3n E4b IT and Granite 4.0 H Small score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.3 vs 36.5), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3n E4b IT scores higher in 6 categories and Granite 4.0 H Small in 2 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemma 3n E4b IT leads 50.1 to 43.8.
Side by side
| Gemma 3n E4b IT | Granite 4.0 H Small | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | |
| Noometry Index | 37.3 | 36.5 |
| Released | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 18 | 19 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Gemma 3n E4b IT: 37.0 (#198), Granite 4.0 H Small: 36.4 (#209)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3n E4b IT | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1268 | 1249 |
Reasoning Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Gemma 3n E4b IT: 19.9 (#247), Granite 4.0 H Small: 24.4 (#163)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3n E4b IT | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1284 | 1240 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 31.5% | — |
Math Gemma 3n E4b IT leads
Gemma 3n E4b IT: 35.1 (#188), Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.4 (#223)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3n E4b IT | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1251 | 1247 |
| Omni-MATH | — | 29.6% |
Knowledge Gemma 3n E4b IT leads
Gemma 3n E4b IT: 34.2 (#198), Granite 4.0 H Small: 32.0 (#215)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3n E4b IT | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1246 | 1251 |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 56.9% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.2% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 38.3% |
Multilingual Gemma 3n E4b IT leads
Gemma 3n E4b IT: 43.4 (#183), Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.6 (#228)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3n E4b IT | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1285 | 1216 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1309 | 1249 |
| LMArena Russian | 1288 | 1201 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1305 | 1258 |
| LMArena French | 1330 | — |
| LMArena German | 1311 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1272 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1259 | — |
Instruction Following Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Gemma 3n E4b IT: 66.1 (#210), Granite 4.0 H Small: 68.7 (#183)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3n E4b IT | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1255 | 1222 |
| IFEval | — | 89% |
Long Context Gemma 3n E4b IT leads
Gemma 3n E4b IT: 38.7 (#191), Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.7 (#213)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3n E4b IT | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1276 | 1242 |
Writing & Preference Gemma 3n E4b IT leads
Gemma 3n E4b IT: 50.1 (#186), Granite 4.0 H Small: 43.8 (#227)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3n E4b IT | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1306 | 1241 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1287 | 1211 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1276 | 1242 |
| WildBench | — | 73.9% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 3n E4b IT better than Granite 4.0 H Small?
Gemma 3n E4b IT and Granite 4.0 H Small score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.3 vs 36.5), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Gemma 3n E4b IT or Granite 4.0 H Small better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (37.0 vs 36.4); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 3n E4b IT and Granite 4.0 H Small share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3n E4b IT has 18 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 H Small has 19.