Noometry

Model comparison

GPT-6.1 Sol vs Granite 4.0 H Small

GPT-6.1 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 65.6 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

GPT-6.1 Sol OpenAI

65.6

Rank #6 Confirmed

Granite 4.0 H Small IBM

36.5

Rank #214 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-6.1 Sol 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-6.1 Sol leads 93.7 to 31.4.
  • Granite 4.0 H Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-6.1 SolGranite 4.0 H Small
ProviderOpenAIIBM
Noometry Index65.636.5
Released2026-09-29—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked3419

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Category by category

Coding GPT-6.1 Sol leads

GPT-6.1 Sol: 63.2 (#8), Granite 4.0 H Small: 36.4 (#209)

BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Coding14871249
DeepSWE75.2%—
FrontierCode50.2%—
LMArena WebDev1755—
SciCode55.8%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-6.1 Sol: 39.6 (#26), Granite 4.0 H Small: —

BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolGranite 4.0 H Small
APEX-Agents60%—
GDP.pdf32%—

Reasoning GPT-6.1 Sol leads

GPT-6.1 Sol: 81.9 (#2), Granite 4.0 H Small: 24.4 (#163)

BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Hard Prompts14661240
ARC-AGI-294.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)95.5%—
ARC-AGI-198.5%—
CritPt31.7%—
Chess Puzzles61%—
EBR-Bench54.3%—
Mystery Game Puzzles80%—
Epoch Capabilities Index166.09—

Math GPT-6.1 Sol leads

GPT-6.1 Sol: 93.7 (#1), Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.4 (#223)

BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Math14641247
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)93.7%—
FrontierMath Tier 4100%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%—
ProofBench99%—
Omni-MATH—29.6%

Knowledge GPT-6.1 Sol leads

GPT-6.1 Sol: 71.8 (#4), Granite 4.0 H Small: 32.0 (#215)

BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Expert15021251
GPQA Diamond95.4%—
SimpleQA Verified73.9%—
MMLU-Pro—56.9%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—5.2%
GPQA (HELM)—38.3%

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-6.1 Sol: 52.7 (#5), Granite 4.0 H Small: —

BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Vision1288—
Furniture Assembly80%—

Multilingual GPT-6.1 Sol leads

GPT-6.1 Sol: 54.3 (#46), Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.6 (#228)

BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Non-English14381216
LMArena Chinese14771249
LMArena Russian14551201
LMArena Spanish—1258

Instruction Following GPT-6.1 Sol leads

GPT-6.1 Sol: 77.0 (#29), Granite 4.0 H Small: 68.7 (#183)

BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Instruction Following14681222
IFEval—89%

Long Context GPT-6.1 Sol leads

GPT-6.1 Sol: 44.9 (#54), Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.7 (#213)

BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Longer Query14651242

Writing & Preference GPT-6.1 Sol leads

GPT-6.1 Sol: 63.6 (#63), Granite 4.0 H Small: 43.8 (#227)

BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Text14471241
LMArena Creative Writing14321211
LMArena Multi-Turn14491242
WildBench—73.9%

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-6.1 Sol better than Granite 4.0 H Small?

GPT-6.1 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 65.6 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-6.1 Sol or Granite 4.0 H Small better for coding?

GPT-6.1 Sol scores higher on coding benchmarks: 63.2 versus 36.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-6.1 Sol and Granite 4.0 H Small share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-6.1 Sol has 34 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 H Small has 19.

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