Model comparison
Granite 4.0 H Small vs Mistral
Granite 4.0 H Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.0 H Small scores higher in 8 categories and Mistral in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in instruction following, where Granite 4.0 H Small leads 68.7 to 52.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is IFEval: 89% for Granite 4.0 H Small and 56.8% for Mistral.
- Granite 4.0 H Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 36.5 | 29.9 |
| Released | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| 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), Mistral: 33.8 (#250)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1249 | 1162 |
Reasoning Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 24.4 (#163), Mistral: 22.2 (#200)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1240 | 1149 |
Math Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.4 (#223), Mistral: 22.3 (#278)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 29.6% | 7.2% |
| LMArena Math | 1247 | 1180 |
Knowledge Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 32.0 (#215), Mistral: 16.6 (#288)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 56.9% | 27.7% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | 30.3% |
| LMArena Expert | 1251 | 1125 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.2% | — |
Multilingual Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.6 (#228), Mistral: 32.8 (#254)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | 1129 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1249 | 1109 |
| LMArena Russian | 1201 | 1168 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1258 | 1143 |
| LMArena French | — | 1180 |
| LMArena German | — | 1155 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1013 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1032 |
Instruction Following Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 68.7 (#183), Mistral: 52.6 (#288)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 89% | 56.8% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1222 | 1152 |
Long Context Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.7 (#213), Mistral: 35.0 (#245)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1242 | 1153 |
Writing & Preference Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 43.8 (#227), Mistral: 37.0 (#260)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1241 | 1165 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1211 | 1158 |
| WildBench | 73.9% | 66% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1242 | 1147 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.0 H Small better than Mistral?
Granite 4.0 H Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 4.0 H Small or Mistral better for coding?
Granite 4.0 H Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.4 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 H Small and Mistral share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 H Small has 19 scored results on Noometry and Mistral has 22.