Model comparison
Granite 4.0 H Small vs Llama 3.2 1B
Granite 4.0 H Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 20.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
MetaSummary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.0 H Small scores higher in 8 categories and Llama 3.2 1B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Granite 4.0 H Small leads 32.0 to 7.2.
Side by side
| Granite 4.0 H Small | Llama 3.2 1B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 36.5 | 20.1 |
| Released | — | 2024-09-24 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 60K |
| Max output | — | 54K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.027 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.20 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 36.4 (#209), Llama 3.2 1B: 21.1 (#338)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Llama 3.2 1B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1249 | 1070 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 8.2% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 11.3% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: —, Llama 3.2 1B: 14.6 (#150)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Llama 3.2 1B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 10.8% |
| BALROG | — | 6.6% |
Reasoning Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 24.4 (#163), Llama 3.2 1B: 16.2 (#308)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Llama 3.2 1B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1240 | 1044 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 101.99 |
Math Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.4 (#223), Llama 3.2 1B: 10.4 (#313)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Llama 3.2 1B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1247 | 1086 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 0.6% |
| Omni-MATH | 29.6% | — |
Knowledge Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 32.0 (#215), Llama 3.2 1B: 7.2 (#312)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Llama 3.2 1B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1251 | 1007 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 23.9% |
| MMLU-Pro | 56.9% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.2% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | — |
Multilingual Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.6 (#228), Llama 3.2 1B: 23.8 (#292)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Llama 3.2 1B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | 973 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1249 | 959 |
| LMArena Russian | 1201 | 941 |
| LMArena German | — | 1014 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1258 | — |
Instruction Following Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 68.7 (#183), Llama 3.2 1B: 52.4 (#290)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Llama 3.2 1B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1222 | 1031 |
| IFEval | 89% | — |
Long Context Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.7 (#213), Llama 3.2 1B: 31.9 (#274)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Llama 3.2 1B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1242 | 1050 |
Writing & Preference Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 43.8 (#227), Llama 3.2 1B: 21.3 (#310)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Llama 3.2 1B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1241 | 1055 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1211 | 1033 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1242 | 1030 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 200 |
| WildBench | 73.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.0 H Small better than Llama 3.2 1B?
Granite 4.0 H Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 20.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 4.0 H Small or Llama 3.2 1B better for coding?
Granite 4.0 H Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.4 versus 21.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 H Small and Llama 3.2 1B share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 H Small has 19 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.2 1B has 22.