Model comparison
Granite 4.0 H Small vs Nova Premier 1.0
Nova Premier 1.0 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.3 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 5 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 5 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.0 H Small scores higher in 2 categories and Nova Premier 1.0 in 3 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Nova Premier 1.0 leads 51.0 to 43.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MMLU-Pro: 56.9% for Granite 4.0 H Small and 72.6% for Nova Premier 1.0.
- Granite 4.0 H Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Granite 4.0 H Small | Nova Premier 1.0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Amazon |
| Noometry Index | 36.5 | 38.3 |
| Released | — | 2025-04-30 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 10K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $2.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $12.50 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 6 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: 36.4 (#209), Nova Premier 1.0: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1249 | — |
Reasoning Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 24.4 (#163), Nova Premier 1.0: 23.0 (#185)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 44.8% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1240 | — |
Math Nova Premier 1.0 leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.4 (#223), Nova Premier 1.0: 33.8 (#199)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 29.6% | 35% |
| LMArena Math | 1247 | — |
Knowledge Nova Premier 1.0 leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 32.0 (#215), Nova Premier 1.0: 35.8 (#180)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 56.9% | 72.6% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | 51.8% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.2% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1251 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.6 (#228), Nova Premier 1.0: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1249 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1201 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1258 | — |
Instruction Following Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 68.7 (#183), Nova Premier 1.0: 66.8 (#204)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 89% | 80.3% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1222 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.7 (#213), Nova Premier 1.0: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1242 | — |
Writing & Preference Nova Premier 1.0 leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 43.8 (#227), Nova Premier 1.0: 51.0 (#178)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| WildBench | 73.9% | 78.8% |
| LMArena Text | 1241 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1211 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1242 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.0 H Small better than Nova Premier 1.0?
Nova Premier 1.0 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.3 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 H Small and Nova Premier 1.0 share?
5 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 H Small has 19 scored results on Noometry and Nova Premier 1.0 has 6.