Model comparison
Granite 4.0 Micro vs Granite 4.0 H Small
Granite 4.0 H Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 5 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 5 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.0 Micro scores higher in 2 categories and Granite 4.0 H Small in 3 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Granite 4.0 H Small leads 32.0 to 9.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MMLU-Pro: 39.5% for Granite 4.0 Micro and 56.9% for Granite 4.0 H Small.
Side by side
| Granite 4.0 Micro | Granite 4.0 H Small | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 29.0 | 36.5 |
| Released | 2025-10-02 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | — |
| Max output | 118K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.017 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.11 | — |
| Results tracked | 8 | 19 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Granite 4.0 H Small: 36.4 (#209)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | — | 1249 |
Reasoning Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 19.2 (#265), Granite 4.0 H Small: 24.4 (#163)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1240 |
Math Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 12.0 (#307), Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.4 (#223)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 20.9% | 29.6% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.8% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1247 |
Knowledge Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#304), Granite 4.0 H Small: 32.0 (#215)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 39.5% | 56.9% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.7% | 38.3% |
| GPQA Diamond | 28.3% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.2% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1251 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.6 (#228)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1216 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1249 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1201 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1258 |
Instruction Following Granite 4.0 Micro leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 69.9 (#169), Granite 4.0 H Small: 68.7 (#183)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 84.9% | 89% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1222 |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.7 (#213)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1242 |
Writing & Preference Granite 4.0 Micro leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#216), Granite 4.0 H Small: 43.8 (#227)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| WildBench | 67% | 73.9% |
| LMArena Text | — | 1241 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1211 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1242 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.0 Micro better than Granite 4.0 H Small?
Granite 4.0 H Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 Micro and Granite 4.0 H Small share?
5 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 Micro has 8 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 H Small has 19.