Model comparison

GPT-5.1-Codex vs Granite 4.0 H Small

GPT-5.1-Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.6 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.1-Codex OpenAI

38.6

Rank #186 Reported

Granite 4.0 H Small IBM

36.5

Rank #214 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in coding, where GPT-5.1-Codex leads 41.9 to 36.4.
  • Granite 4.0 H Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.1-Codex and Granite 4.0 H Small specifications
GPT-5.1-CodexGranite 4.0 H Small
ProviderOpenAIIBM
Noometry Index38.636.5
Released2025-11-12—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.25—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked619

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.1-Codex leads

GPT-5.1-Codex: 41.9 (#116), Granite 4.0 H Small: 36.4 (#209)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexGranite 4.0 H Small
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)66%—
LMArena WebDev1337—
LMArena Coding—1249
ALE-Bench1,245—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: 38.0 (#33), Granite 4.0 H Small: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexGranite 4.0 H Small
Terminal-Bench60.4%—
METR Time Horizons70.8%—

Reasoning Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: —, Granite 4.0 H Small: 24.4 (#163)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Hard Prompts—1240

Math Granite 4.0 H Small leads

GPT-5.1-Codex: 30.3 (#235), Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.4 (#223)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexGranite 4.0 H Small
ProofBench9%—
Omni-MATH—29.6%
LMArena Math—1247

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: —, Granite 4.0 H Small: 32.0 (#215)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexGranite 4.0 H Small
MMLU-Pro—56.9%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—5.2%
GPQA (HELM)—38.3%
LMArena Expert—1251

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: —, Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.6 (#228)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Non-English—1216
LMArena Chinese—1249
LMArena Russian—1201
LMArena Spanish—1258

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: —, Granite 4.0 H Small: 68.7 (#183)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexGranite 4.0 H Small
IFEval—89%
LMArena Instruction Following—1222

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: —, Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.7 (#213)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Longer Query—1242

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: —, Granite 4.0 H Small: 43.8 (#227)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Text—1241
LMArena Creative Writing—1211
WildBench—73.9%
LMArena Multi-Turn—1242

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.1-Codex better than Granite 4.0 H Small?

GPT-5.1-Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.6 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.1-Codex or Granite 4.0 H Small better for coding?

GPT-5.1-Codex scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.9 versus 36.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.1-Codex and Granite 4.0 H Small share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.1-Codex has 6 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 H Small has 19.

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