Model comparison

GPT-5.2 vs Granite 4.0 H Small

GPT-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.2 OpenAI

54.1

Rank #31 Confirmed

Granite 4.0 H Small IBM

35.9

Rank #213 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.2 scores higher in 8 categories and Granite 4.0 H Small in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.2 leads 59.8 to 29.3.
  • Granite 4.0 H Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.2 and Granite 4.0 H Small specifications
GPT-5.2Granite 4.0 H Small
ProviderOpenAIIBM
Noometry Index54.135.9
Released2025-12-11—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.75—
Output $ / M tokens$14—
Results tracked6719

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 52.2 (#32), Granite 4.0 H Small: 35.8 (#207)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Granite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Coding14471247
SWE-bench Verified73.8%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)72.8%—
LMArena WebDev1415—
SWE-bench Multilingual66.7%—
GSO27.4%—
WeirdML72.2%—
ALE-Bench1,294—
AlgoTune2.05—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.2: 40.0 (#24), Granite 4.0 H Small: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Granite 4.0 H Small
Terminal-Bench64.9%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard55.9%—
GDPval49.7%—
Remote Labor Index2.5%—
τ²-bench Airline83%—
τ²-bench Banking32.2%—
τ²-bench Retail81.6%—
τ²-bench Telecom89.7%—
DeepResearch Bench41.1%—
LMArena Search1207—
METR Time Horizons75.3%—
Vending-Bench 23,591—

Reasoning GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 50.1 (#33), Granite 4.0 H Small: 23.4 (#164)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Granite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Hard Prompts14451240
ARC-AGI-252.9%—
SimpleBench45.8%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark73.3%—
NYT Connections (extended)83.6%—
ARC-AGI-186.2%—
Chess Puzzles49%—
EnigmaEval10.4%—
EBR-Bench23%—
Mystery Game Puzzles23%—
DTBench90.9%—
LMCA43.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index153.45—
ForecastBench60.1—

Math GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 59.8 (#32), Granite 4.0 H Small: 29.3 (#219)

Knowledge GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 59.2 (#29), Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.5 (#210)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Granite 4.0 H Small
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.4%5.2%
LMArena Expert14451244
GPQA Diamond91.4%—
Humanity's Last Exam27.8%—
SimpleQA Verified37.1%—
MMLU-Pro—56.9%
GPQA (HELM)—38.3%

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.2: 50.9 (#7), Granite 4.0 H Small: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Granite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Vision1268—
VPCT84%—
Furniture Assembly38.3%—
LMArena Document1405—

Multilingual GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 53.6 (#63), Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.7 (#223)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Granite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Non-English14251216
LMArena Chinese14601250
LMArena Russian14401198
LMArena Spanish14331258
LMArena French1456—
LMArena German1448—
LMArena Japanese1421—
LMArena Korean1390—

Instruction Following GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 74.9 (#83), Granite 4.0 H Small: 68.9 (#178)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Granite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Instruction Following14171221
IFEval—89%

Long Context GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 44.0 (#74), Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.6 (#209)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Granite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Longer Query14281240
CL-bench18.2%—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 67.0 (#30), Granite 4.0 H Small: 44.0 (#222)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Granite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Text14391241
LMArena Creative Writing14021210
LMArena Multi-Turn14581243
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1703—
WildBench—73.9%

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.2 better than Granite 4.0 H Small?

GPT-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.2 or Granite 4.0 H Small better for coding?

GPT-5.2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.2 versus 35.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.2 and Granite 4.0 H Small share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.2 has 67 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 H Small has 19.

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