Model comparison
Granite 4.1 8b vs Granite 4.0 H Small
Granite 4.1 8b and Granite 4.0 H Small score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.4 vs 36.5), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.1 8b scores higher in 6 categories and Granite 4.0 H Small in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Granite 4.0 H Small leads 36.4 to 30.1.
Side by side
| Granite 4.1 8b | Granite 4.0 H Small | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 37.4 | 36.5 |
| Released | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 13 | 19 |
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Category by category
Coding Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 30.1 (#297), Granite 4.0 H Small: 36.4 (#209)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1312 | 1249 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1192 | — |
Reasoning Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 25.7 (#143), Granite 4.0 H Small: 24.4 (#163)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1293 | 1240 |
Math Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 36.4 (#166), Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.4 (#223)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1312 | 1247 |
| Omni-MATH | — | 29.6% |
Knowledge Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 36.1 (#174), Granite 4.0 H Small: 32.0 (#215)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1309 | 1251 |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 56.9% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.2% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 38.3% |
Multilingual Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 41.7 (#204), Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.6 (#228)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1261 | 1216 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1337 | 1249 |
| LMArena Russian | 1240 | 1201 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1258 |
Instruction Following Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 66.9 (#203), Granite 4.0 H Small: 68.7 (#183)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1269 | 1222 |
| IFEval | — | 89% |
Long Context Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 38.7 (#193), Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.7 (#213)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1275 | 1242 |
Writing & Preference Granite 4.1 8b leads
Granite 4.1 8b: 48.1 (#204), Granite 4.0 H Small: 43.8 (#227)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 8b | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1290 | 1241 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1251 | 1211 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1268 | 1242 |
| WildBench | — | 73.9% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.1 8b better than Granite 4.0 H Small?
Granite 4.1 8b and Granite 4.0 H Small score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.4 vs 36.5), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Granite 4.1 8b or Granite 4.0 H Small better for coding?
Granite 4.0 H Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.4 versus 30.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.1 8b and Granite 4.0 H Small share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.1 8b has 13 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 H Small has 19.