Model comparison
Granite 4.0 H Small vs Muse Spark
Muse Spark is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.6 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
MetaSummary
- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.0 H Small scores higher in 0 categories and Muse Spark in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Muse Spark leads 65.7 to 32.0.
- Granite 4.0 H Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Granite 4.0 H Small | Muse Spark | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 36.5 | 50.6 |
| Released | — | 2026-04-08 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 19 | 27 |
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Category by category
Coding Muse Spark leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 36.4 (#209), Muse Spark: 46.2 (#69)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1249 | 1481 |
| SciCode | — | 51.5% |
Reasoning Muse Spark leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 24.4 (#163), Muse Spark: 35.9 (#67)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1240 | 1474 |
| CritPt | — | 11.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 152.04 |
Math Muse Spark leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.4 (#223), Muse Spark: 47.8 (#66)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1247 | 1455 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 88.9% |
| ProofBench | — | 17% |
| Omni-MATH | 29.6% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 39% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 14.6% |
Knowledge Muse Spark leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 32.0 (#215), Muse Spark: 65.7 (#13)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1251 | 1457 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 89.8% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | — | 40.6% |
| MMLU-Pro | 56.9% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.2% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: —, Muse Spark: 43.4 (#24)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1306 |
| LMArena Document | — | 1444 |
Multilingual Muse Spark leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.6 (#228), Muse Spark: 56.1 (#24)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | 1464 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1249 | 1509 |
| LMArena Russian | 1201 | 1466 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1258 | 1472 |
| LMArena French | — | 1497 |
| LMArena German | — | 1497 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1459 |
Instruction Following Muse Spark leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 68.7 (#183), Muse Spark: 75.9 (#51)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1222 | 1442 |
| IFEval | 89% | — |
Long Context Muse Spark leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.7 (#213), Muse Spark: 44.4 (#69)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1242 | 1451 |
Writing & Preference Muse Spark leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 43.8 (#227), Muse Spark: 66.0 (#39)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1241 | 1474 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1211 | 1459 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1242 | 1477 |
| WildBench | 73.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.0 H Small better than Muse Spark?
Muse Spark is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.6 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 4.0 H Small or Muse Spark better for coding?
Muse Spark scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.2 versus 36.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 H Small and Muse Spark share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 H Small has 19 scored results on Noometry and Muse Spark has 27.