Model comparison
Granite 4.0 H Small vs Magistral Medium
Granite 4.0 H Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 34.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.0 H Small scores higher in 2 categories and Magistral Medium in 6 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Granite 4.0 H Small leads 23.4 to 8.7.
Side by side
| Granite 4.0 H Small | Magistral Medium | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 35.9 | 34.8 |
| Released | — | 2025-03-17 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $2 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $5 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Magistral Medium leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 35.8 (#207), Magistral Medium: 38.6 (#161)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1247 | 1319 |
| SciCode | — | 39.2% |
Reasoning Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 23.4 (#164), Magistral Medium: 8.7 (#342)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1240 | 1267 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 16.2% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 6.1% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
Math Magistral Medium leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 29.3 (#219), Magistral Medium: 32.4 (#187)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1251 | 1249 |
| Omni-MATH | 29.6% | — |
Knowledge Magistral Medium leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.5 (#210), Magistral Medium: 32.9 (#199)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1244 | 1222 |
| MMLU-Pro | 56.9% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.2% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | — |
Multilingual Magistral Medium leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.7 (#223), Magistral Medium: 39.8 (#219)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | 1232 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1250 | 1225 |
| LMArena Russian | 1198 | 1224 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1258 | 1269 |
| LMArena French | — | 1268 |
| LMArena German | — | 1248 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1176 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1125 |
Instruction Following Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 68.9 (#178), Magistral Medium: 66.2 (#207)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1221 | 1254 |
| IFEval | 89% | — |
Long Context Magistral Medium leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.6 (#209), Magistral Medium: 39.3 (#178)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1240 | 1295 |
Writing & Preference Magistral Medium leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 44.0 (#222), Magistral Medium: 46.5 (#214)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1241 | 1255 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1210 | 1245 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1243 | 1275 |
| WildBench | 73.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.0 H Small better than Magistral Medium?
Granite 4.0 H Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 34.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 4.0 H Small or Magistral Medium better for coding?
Magistral Medium scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.6 versus 35.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 H Small and Magistral Medium share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 H Small has 19 scored results on Noometry and Magistral Medium has 22.