Model comparison
Granite 4.0 H Small vs Mistral Medium 3.5
Mistral Medium 3.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.6 to 35.9 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 Mistral Medium 3.5 in 6 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Medium 3.5 leads 58.6 to 44.0.
Side by side
| Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral Medium 3.5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 35.9 | 39.6 |
| Released | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 210K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $7.50 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Granite 4.0 H Small: 35.8 (#207), Mistral Medium 3.5: 35.7 (#208)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1247 | 1461 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1263 |
Reasoning Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 23.4 (#164), Mistral Medium 3.5: 16.6 (#290)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1240 | 1436 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 41.4% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 12.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 141.42 |
Math Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 29.3 (#219), Mistral Medium 3.5: 36.4 (#113)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1251 | 1432 |
| Omni-MATH | 29.6% | — |
Knowledge Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.5 (#210), Mistral Medium 3.5: 39.3 (#123)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1244 | 1431 |
| MMLU-Pro | 56.9% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.2% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: —, Mistral Medium 3.5: 37.6 (#64)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1222 |
Multilingual Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.7 (#223), Mistral Medium 3.5: 52.1 (#93)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | 1405 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1250 | 1443 |
| LMArena Russian | 1198 | 1396 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1258 | 1406 |
| LMArena French | — | 1448 |
| LMArena German | — | 1453 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1387 |
Instruction Following Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 68.9 (#178), Mistral Medium 3.5: 74.7 (#87)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1221 | 1414 |
| IFEval | 89% | — |
Long Context Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.6 (#209), Mistral Medium 3.5: 43.2 (#101)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1240 | 1414 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 44.0 (#222), Mistral Medium 3.5: 58.6 (#113)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1241 | 1421 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1210 | 1372 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1243 | 1423 |
| WildBench | 73.9% | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 993 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.0 H Small better than Mistral Medium 3.5?
Mistral Medium 3.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.6 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 4.0 H Small or Mistral Medium 3.5 better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (35.8 vs 35.7); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 H Small and Mistral Medium 3.5 share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 H Small has 19 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium 3.5 has 22.