Model comparison
Granite 4.0 Micro vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.7 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads 41.1 to 9.9.
- Granite 4.0 Micro has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Granite 4.0 Micro | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 28.8 | 44.7 |
| Released | 2025-10-02 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 131K | — |
| Max output | 118K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.017 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.11 | — |
| Results tracked | 8 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 43.4 (#79)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | — | 1488 |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 18.5 (#261), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 29.6 (#81)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1483 |
Math Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 11.2 (#301), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 37.3 (#99)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.8% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 20.9% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1473 |
Knowledge Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#299), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.1 (#104)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 28.3% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 39.5% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1489 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.4 (#21)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1465 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1534 |
| LMArena French | — | 1483 |
| LMArena German | — | 1487 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1497 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1438 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1472 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1470 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 70.0 (#164), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.2 (#28)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 84.9% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1467 |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#44)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1477 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#212), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.1 (#39)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1471 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1464 |
| WildBench | 67% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1478 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.0 Micro better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.7 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 Micro and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 Micro has 8 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.