Model comparison
Grok 3 vs Granite 4.0 H Small
Grok 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.9 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 3 scores higher in 7 categories and Granite 4.0 H Small in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Grok 3 leads 46.2 to 32.0.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA (HELM): 65% for Grok 3 and 38.3% for Granite 4.0 H Small.
- Granite 4.0 H Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Grok 3 | Granite 4.0 H Small | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 39.9 | 36.5 |
| Released | 2025-04-09 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 40 | 19 |
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Category by category
Coding Grok 3 leads
Grok 3: 41.9 (#115), Granite 4.0 H Small: 36.4 (#209)
| Benchmark | Grok 3 | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1432 | 1249 |
| Aider Polyglot | 53.3% | — |
| WeirdML | 37.2% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Grok 3: 30.5 (#76), Granite 4.0 H Small: —
| Benchmark | Grok 3 | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | 29.5% | — |
Reasoning Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Grok 3: 13.7 (#333), Granite 4.0 H Small: 24.4 (#163)
| Benchmark | Grok 3 | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1434 | 1240 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0% | — |
| SimpleBench | 36.1% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 61.3% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 5.5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 138.33 | — |
Math Grok 3 leads
Grok 3: 38.0 (#145), Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.4 (#223)
| Benchmark | Grok 3 | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 46.4% | 29.6% |
| LMArena Math | 1391 | 1247 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 55.6% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 88.7% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 3.8% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 0% | — |
Knowledge Grok 3 leads
Grok 3: 46.2 (#82), Granite 4.0 H Small: 32.0 (#215)
| Benchmark | Grok 3 | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 78.8% | 56.9% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.8% | 5.2% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 65% | 38.3% |
| LMArena Expert | 1421 | 1251 |
| GPQA Diamond | 75.8% | — |
| Confabulations | 14.2% | — |
Multilingual Grok 3 leads
Grok 3: 52.3 (#87), Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.6 (#228)
| Benchmark | Grok 3 | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1410 | 1216 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1448 | 1249 |
| LMArena Russian | 1416 | 1201 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1417 | 1258 |
| LMArena French | 1460 | — |
| LMArena German | 1431 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1387 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1373 | — |
Instruction Following Grok 3 leads
Grok 3: 75.0 (#73), Granite 4.0 H Small: 68.7 (#183)
| Benchmark | Grok 3 | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 88.4% | 89% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1409 | 1222 |
Long Context Grok 3 leads
Grok 3: 38.7 (#192), Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.7 (#213)
| Benchmark | Grok 3 | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1439 | 1242 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 58.3% | — |
Writing & Preference Grok 3 leads
Grok 3: 55.8 (#141), Granite 4.0 H Small: 43.8 (#227)
| Benchmark | Grok 3 | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1426 | 1241 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1414 | 1211 |
| WildBench | 84.9% | 73.9% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1425 | 1242 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 76.4% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1186 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok 3 better than Granite 4.0 H Small?
Grok 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.9 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is Grok 3 or Granite 4.0 H Small better for coding?
Grok 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.9 versus 36.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Grok 3 and Granite 4.0 H Small share?
19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 3 has 40 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 H Small has 19.