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Model comparison

Granite 4.0 H Small vs Muse Spark 1.1

Muse Spark 1.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.9 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Granite 4.0 H Small IBM

36.5

Rank #214 Confirmed

Muse Spark 1.1 Meta

49.9

Rank #51 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.0 H Small scores higher in 0 categories and Muse Spark 1.1 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Muse Spark 1.1 leads 73.4 to 43.8.
  • Granite 4.0 H Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Granite 4.0 H SmallMuse Spark 1.1
ProviderIBMMeta
Noometry Index36.549.9
Released—2026-04-08
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1.05M
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.25
Output $ / M tokens—$4.25
Results tracked1937

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Category by category

Coding Muse Spark 1.1 leads

Granite 4.0 H Small: 36.4 (#209), Muse Spark 1.1: 51.3 (#40)

BenchmarkGranite 4.0 H SmallMuse Spark 1.1
LMArena Coding12491498
DeepSWE—53.3%
LMArena WebDev—1542
SciCode—58.8%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Granite 4.0 H Small: —, Muse Spark 1.1: 30.8 (#73)

BenchmarkGranite 4.0 H SmallMuse Spark 1.1
APEX-Agents—31.8%
τ²-bench Banking—40.5%
GBAEval—7.9%
GDP.pdf—15%
Vending-Bench 2—6,520

Reasoning Muse Spark 1.1 leads

Granite 4.0 H Small: 24.4 (#163), Muse Spark 1.1: 47.1 (#44)

BenchmarkGranite 4.0 H SmallMuse Spark 1.1
LMArena Hard Prompts12401486
NYT Connections (extended)—84.9%
CritPt—15.1%
DTBench—94.4%
LMCA—49.9%
Surface Evolver Bench—52.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index—154.21

Math Muse Spark 1.1 leads

Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.4 (#223), Muse Spark 1.1: 45.5 (#76)

BenchmarkGranite 4.0 H SmallMuse Spark 1.1
LMArena Math12471483
ProofBench—39%
Omni-MATH29.6%—

Knowledge Muse Spark 1.1 leads

Granite 4.0 H Small: 32.0 (#215), Muse Spark 1.1: 53.1 (#59)

BenchmarkGranite 4.0 H SmallMuse Spark 1.1
LMArena Expert12511478
SimpleQA Verified—57.8%
MMLU-Pro56.9%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.2%—
GPQA (HELM)38.3%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Granite 4.0 H Small: —, Muse Spark 1.1: 42.6 (#29)

BenchmarkGranite 4.0 H SmallMuse Spark 1.1
LMArena Vision—1293
LMArena Document—1465

Multilingual Muse Spark 1.1 leads

Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.6 (#228), Muse Spark 1.1: 56.7 (#17)

BenchmarkGranite 4.0 H SmallMuse Spark 1.1
LMArena Non-English12161472
LMArena Chinese12491518
LMArena Russian12011483
LMArena Spanish12581464
LMArena French—1494
LMArena German—1466
LMArena Japanese—1451
LMArena Korean—1458

Instruction Following Muse Spark 1.1 leads

Granite 4.0 H Small: 68.7 (#183), Muse Spark 1.1: 76.5 (#39)

BenchmarkGranite 4.0 H SmallMuse Spark 1.1
LMArena Instruction Following12221457
IFEval89%—

Long Context Muse Spark 1.1 leads

Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.7 (#213), Muse Spark 1.1: 44.8 (#58)

BenchmarkGranite 4.0 H SmallMuse Spark 1.1
LMArena Longer Query12421462

Writing & Preference Muse Spark 1.1 leads

Granite 4.0 H Small: 43.8 (#227), Muse Spark 1.1: 73.4 (#11)

BenchmarkGranite 4.0 H SmallMuse Spark 1.1
LMArena Text12411479
LMArena Creative Writing12111437
LMArena Multi-Turn12421485
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1927
WildBench73.9%—
EQ-Bench 4—1260

Frequently asked questions

Is Granite 4.0 H Small better than Muse Spark 1.1?

Muse Spark 1.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.9 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is Granite 4.0 H Small or Muse Spark 1.1 better for coding?

Muse Spark 1.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.3 versus 36.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 H Small and Muse Spark 1.1 share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 H Small has 19 scored results on Noometry and Muse Spark 1.1 has 37.

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