Model comparison

GPT-5.4 Pro vs Granite 4.0 H Small

GPT-5.4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 58.8 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.4 Pro OpenAI

58.8

Rank #16 Confirmed

Granite 4.0 H Small IBM

35.9

Rank #213 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. GPT-5.4 Pro scores higher in 4 categories and Granite 4.0 H Small in 0 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5.4 Pro leads 71.0 to 23.4.
  • Granite 4.0 H Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.4 Pro and Granite 4.0 H Small specifications
GPT-5.4 ProGranite 4.0 H Small
ProviderOpenAIIBM
Noometry Index58.835.9
Released2026-03-05—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$30—
Output $ / M tokens$180—
Results tracked1619

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.4 Pro leads

GPT-5.4 Pro: 42.6 (#89), Granite 4.0 H Small: 35.8 (#207)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProGranite 4.0 H Small
WeirdML57.4%—
LMArena Coding—1247

Reasoning GPT-5.4 Pro leads

GPT-5.4 Pro: 71.0 (#10), Granite 4.0 H Small: 23.4 (#164)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProGranite 4.0 H Small
ARC-AGI-283.3%—
SimpleBench74.1%—
ARC-AGI-194.5%—
CritPt30%—
Chess Puzzles58.6%—
EnigmaEval23.8%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1240
Epoch Capabilities Index159.12—

Math GPT-5.4 Pro leads

GPT-5.4 Pro: 72.0 (#17), Granite 4.0 H Small: 29.3 (#219)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProGranite 4.0 H Small
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)82.5%—
FrontierMath Tier 458.5%—
Omni-MATH—29.6%
LMArena Math—1251
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)50%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)37.5%—

Knowledge GPT-5.4 Pro leads

GPT-5.4 Pro: 68.3 (#6), Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.5 (#210)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProGranite 4.0 H Small
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.3%5.2%
GPQA Diamond94.6%—
Humanity's Last Exam44.3%—
SimpleQA Verified46.3%—
MMLU-Pro—56.9%
GPQA (HELM)—38.3%
LMArena Expert—1244

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5.4 Pro: —, Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.7 (#223)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Non-English—1216
LMArena Chinese—1250
LMArena Russian—1198
LMArena Spanish—1258

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5.4 Pro: —, Granite 4.0 H Small: 68.9 (#178)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProGranite 4.0 H Small
IFEval—89%
LMArena Instruction Following—1221

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.4 Pro: —, Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.6 (#209)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Longer Query—1240

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.4 Pro: —, Granite 4.0 H Small: 44.0 (#222)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Text—1241
LMArena Creative Writing—1210
WildBench—73.9%
LMArena Multi-Turn—1243

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.4 Pro better than Granite 4.0 H Small?

GPT-5.4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 58.8 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.4 Pro or Granite 4.0 H Small better for coding?

GPT-5.4 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.6 versus 35.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.4 Pro and Granite 4.0 H Small share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. GPT-5.4 Pro has 16 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 H Small has 19.

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