Model comparison
Granite 4.0 H Small vs Mistral Large 4
Mistral Large 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.0 H Small scores higher in 1 category and Mistral Large 4 in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Large 4 leads 60.4 to 43.8.
- Granite 4.0 H Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral Large 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 36.5 | 43.1 |
| Released | — | 2026-10-06 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1.05M |
| Max output | — | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.68 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.09 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 15 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral Large 4 leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 36.4 (#209), Mistral Large 4: 48.6 (#57)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1249 | 1475 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1541 |
Reasoning Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 24.4 (#163), Mistral Large 4: 22.5 (#192)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1240 | 1444 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 27.4% |
Math Mistral Large 4 leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.4 (#223), Mistral Large 4: 40.4 (#91)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1247 | 1488 |
| Omni-MATH | 29.6% | — |
Knowledge Mistral Large 4 leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 32.0 (#215), Mistral Large 4: 36.6 (#166)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1251 | 1447 |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 20% |
| MMLU-Pro | 56.9% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.2% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | — |
Multilingual Mistral Large 4 leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.6 (#228), Mistral Large 4: 52.6 (#82)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | 1415 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1249 | 1491 |
| LMArena Russian | 1201 | 1414 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1258 | — |
Instruction Following Mistral Large 4 leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 68.7 (#183), Mistral Large 4: 75.0 (#76)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1222 | 1424 |
| IFEval | 89% | — |
Long Context Mistral Large 4 leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.7 (#213), Mistral Large 4: 43.6 (#89)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1242 | 1429 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Large 4 leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 43.8 (#227), Mistral Large 4: 60.4 (#97)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1241 | 1427 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1211 | 1361 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1242 | 1424 |
| WildBench | 73.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.0 H Small better than Mistral Large 4?
Mistral Large 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 4.0 H Small or Mistral Large 4 better for coding?
Mistral Large 4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.6 versus 36.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 H Small and Mistral Large 4 share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 H Small has 19 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 4 has 15.