Model comparison
Granite 4.0 H Small vs Magistral Small
Granite 4.0 H Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
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Mistral AISummary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Granite 4.0 H Small leads 23.4 to 6.9.
Side by side
| Granite 4.0 H Small | Magistral Small | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 35.9 | 29.9 |
| Released | — | 2025-06-10 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 40K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.50 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 10 |
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Category by category
Coding Magistral Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 35.8 (#207), Magistral Small: 37.8 (#172)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 35.2% |
| LMArena Coding | 1247 | — |
Reasoning Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 23.4 (#164), Magistral Small: 6.9 (#345)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 6.3% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 5% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1240 | — |
| DTBench | — | 61.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 133.19 |
Math Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 29.3 (#219), Magistral Small: 24.9 (#253)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 30% |
| Omni-MATH | 29.6% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1251 | — |
Knowledge Too close to call
Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.5 (#210), Magistral Small: 30.9 (#215)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 56.1% |
| MMLU-Pro | 56.9% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.2% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1244 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.7 (#223), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1250 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1198 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1258 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: 68.9 (#178), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 89% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1221 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.6 (#209), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1240 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: 44.0 (#222), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1241 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1210 | — |
| WildBench | 73.9% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1243 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.0 H Small better than Magistral Small?
Granite 4.0 H Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 4.0 H Small or Magistral Small better for coding?
Magistral Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.8 versus 35.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 H Small and Magistral Small share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 H Small has 19 scored results on Noometry and Magistral Small has 10.