Model comparison
Granite 4.0 H Small vs Nova 2.0 Pro Preview
Granite 4.0 H Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 32.8 on the Noometry Index.
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Summary
- The widest gap is in coding, where Nova 2.0 Pro Preview leads 40.2 to 35.8.
- Granite 4.0 H Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Granite 4.0 H Small | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Amazon |
| Noometry Index | 35.9 | 32.8 |
| Released | — | 2025-12-02 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 19 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Nova 2.0 Pro Preview leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 35.8 (#207), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 40.2 (#130)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 42.7% |
| LMArena Coding | 1247 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: —, Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 21.9 (#127)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| GDP.pdf | — | 2% |
Reasoning Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 23.4 (#164), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 21.7 (#189)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1240 | — |
Math Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: 29.3 (#219), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 29.6% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1251 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.5 (#210), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| 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), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| 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), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 89% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1221 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.6 (#209), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1240 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: 44.0 (#222), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1241 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1210 | — |
| WildBench | 73.9% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1243 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.0 H Small better than Nova 2.0 Pro Preview?
Granite 4.0 H Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 32.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 4.0 H Small or Nova 2.0 Pro Preview better for coding?
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.2 versus 35.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 H Small and Nova 2.0 Pro Preview share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 H Small has 19 scored results on Noometry and Nova 2.0 Pro Preview has 3.