Model comparison
Grok 4.6 vs Granite 4.0 H Small
Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.8 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.6 scores higher in 8 categories and Granite 4.0 H Small in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.6 leads 61.3 to 23.4.
- Granite 4.0 H Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Grok 4.6 | Granite 4.0 H Small | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 56.8 | 35.9 |
| Released | 2026-08-12 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 500K | — |
| Max output | 500K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $6 | — |
| Results tracked | 49 | 19 |
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Category by category
Coding Grok 4.6 leads
Grok 4.6: 58.0 (#14), Granite 4.0 H Small: 35.8 (#207)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1464 | 1247 |
| DeepSWE | 67.5% | — |
| FrontierCode | 48% | — |
| CursorBench | 41.4% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1620 | — |
| FrontierSWE | 25.3% | — |
| SciCode | 56.5% | — |
| WeirdML | 67.3% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 1,508 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Grok 4.6: 39.4 (#25), Granite 4.0 H Small: —
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 65.3% | — |
| GDP.pdf | 17.2% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 9,047 | — |
Reasoning Grok 4.6 leads
Grok 4.6: 61.3 (#18), Granite 4.0 H Small: 23.4 (#164)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1445 | 1240 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 67.1% | — |
| SimpleBench | 75.9% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 80% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 87.5% | — |
| CritPt | 19.7% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 40% | — |
| EBR-Bench | 30.5% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 34% | — |
| DTBench | 97.3% | — |
| LMCA | 48.5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 156.48 | — |
Math Grok 4.6 leads
Grok 4.6: 66.8 (#19), Granite 4.0 H Small: 29.3 (#219)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1416 | 1251 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 66% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 31.7% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 99.2% | — |
| ProofBench | 51% | — |
| Omni-MATH | — | 29.6% |
Knowledge Grok 4.6 leads
Grok 4.6: 63.3 (#18), Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.5 (#210)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1463 | 1244 |
| GPQA Diamond | 94% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 49.3% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 56.9% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.2% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 38.3% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Grok 4.6: 43.9 (#18), Granite 4.0 H Small: —
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1265 | — |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 33.2% | — |
| Furniture Assembly | 40% | — |
| LMArena Document | 1452 | — |
Multilingual Grok 4.6 leads
Grok 4.6: 53.3 (#67), Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.7 (#223)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1422 | 1216 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1479 | 1250 |
| LMArena Russian | 1427 | 1198 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1408 | 1258 |
| LMArena French | 1458 | — |
| LMArena German | 1425 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1383 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1395 | — |
Instruction Following Grok 4.6 leads
Grok 4.6: 75.6 (#59), Granite 4.0 H Small: 68.9 (#178)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1431 | 1221 |
| IFEval | — | 89% |
Long Context Grok 4.6 leads
Grok 4.6: 44.4 (#62), Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.6 (#209)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1453 | 1240 |
Writing & Preference Grok 4.6 leads
Grok 4.6: 62.5 (#77), Granite 4.0 H Small: 44.0 (#222)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1427 | 1241 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1430 | 1210 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1422 | 1243 |
| WildBench | — | 73.9% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok 4.6 better than Granite 4.0 H Small?
Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.8 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Grok 4.6 or Granite 4.0 H Small better for coding?
Grok 4.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.0 versus 35.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Grok 4.6 and Granite 4.0 H Small share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.6 has 49 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 H Small has 19.