Model comparison
Granite 4.0 H Small vs Mistral Small 3.2
Granite 4.0 H Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Granite 4.0 H Small leads 23.4 to 17.5.
Side by side
| Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral Small 3.2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 35.9 | 30.8 |
| Released | — | 2025-06-20 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 256K |
| Max output | — | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.0938 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.25 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 6 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: 35.8 (#207), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1247 | — |
Reasoning Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 23.4 (#164), Mistral Small 3.2: 17.5 (#282)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 40.4% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 1% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1240 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 131.73 |
Math Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 29.3 (#219), Mistral Small 3.2: 24.9 (#251)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 30.3% |
| Omni-MATH | 29.6% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1251 | — |
Knowledge Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.5 (#210), Mistral Small 3.2: 26.8 (#249)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 49.1% |
| 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), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| 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), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 89% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1221 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.6 (#209), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1240 | — |
Writing & Preference Mistral Small 3.2 leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 44.0 (#222), Mistral Small 3.2: 45.1 (#219)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1241 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1210 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1255 |
| WildBench | 73.9% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1243 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.0 H Small better than Mistral Small 3.2?
Granite 4.0 H Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 H Small and Mistral Small 3.2 share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 H Small has 19 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3.2 has 6.