Noometry

Model comparison

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) vs Granite 4.0 H Small

Granite 4.0 H Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) xAI

33.7

Rank #239 Confirmed

Granite 4.0 H Small IBM

36.5

Rank #214 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) scores higher in 3 categories and Granite 4.0 H Small in 5 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Granite 4.0 H Small leads 31.4 to 20.8.
  • Granite 4.0 H Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok-2 (Dec 2024)Granite 4.0 H Small
ProviderxAIIBM
Noometry Index33.736.5
Released2024-08-13—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
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Results tracked3419

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Category by category

Coding Granite 4.0 H Small leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 33.3 (#258), Granite 4.0 H Small: 36.4 (#209)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Granite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Coding12871249
WeirdML22.2%—
LiveBench Coding46.4%—

Reasoning Granite 4.0 H Small leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 16.9 (#299), Granite 4.0 H Small: 24.4 (#163)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Granite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Hard Prompts12721240
SimpleBench22.7%—
LiveBench Reasoning54.8%—
DTBench65.2%—
LiveBench Data Analysis54.5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index130.48—
LiveBench54.3%—

Math Granite 4.0 H Small leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 20.8 (#284), Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.4 (#223)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Granite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Math12831247
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202511.5%—
Omni-MATH—29.6%
LiveBench Math54.9%—
MATH Level 563.5%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)0.7%—

Knowledge Granite 4.0 H Small leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 29.8 (#233), Granite 4.0 H Small: 32.0 (#215)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Granite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Expert12541251
GPQA Diamond53.8%—
MMLU-Pro—56.9%
Confabulations20.1%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate—5.2%
GPQA (HELM)—38.3%

Multilingual Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 43.1 (#188), Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.6 (#228)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Granite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Non-English12821216
LMArena Chinese12891249
LMArena Russian12861201
LMArena Spanish12811258
LMArena French1318—
LMArena German1287—
LMArena Japanese1244—
LMArena Korean1237—

Instruction Following Granite 4.0 H Small leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 66.9 (#202), Granite 4.0 H Small: 68.7 (#183)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Granite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Instruction Following12701222
LiveBench Instruction Following69.6%—
IFEval—89%

Long Context Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 38.8 (#190), Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.7 (#213)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Granite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Longer Query12761242

Writing & Preference Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 48.6 (#198), Granite 4.0 H Small: 43.8 (#227)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Granite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Text13051241
LMArena Creative Writing12841211
LMArena Multi-Turn12901242
Short-Story Creative Writing63.6%—
WildBench—73.9%
LiveBench Language45.6%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok-2 (Dec 2024) better than Granite 4.0 H Small?

Granite 4.0 H Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok-2 (Dec 2024) or Granite 4.0 H Small better for coding?

Granite 4.0 H Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.4 versus 33.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and Granite 4.0 H Small share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) has 34 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 H Small has 19.

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