Model comparison
Granite 4.0 H Small vs Palm 2
Granite 4.0 H Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.0 H Small scores higher in 7 categories and Palm 2 in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Granite 4.0 H Small leads 43.8 to 25.6.
- Granite 4.0 H Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Granite 4.0 H Small | Palm 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | |
| Noometry Index | 36.5 | 30.0 |
| Released | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 19 | 10 |
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Category by category
Coding Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 36.4 (#209), Palm 2: 29.0 (#311)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1249 | 994 |
Reasoning Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 24.4 (#163), Palm 2: 19.1 (#271)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1240 | 1005 |
Math Too close to call
Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.4 (#223), Palm 2: 30.8 (#231)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1247 | 1049 |
| Omni-MATH | 29.6% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: 32.0 (#215), Palm 2: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 56.9% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.2% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1251 | — |
Multilingual Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.6 (#228), Palm 2: 20.9 (#295)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | 916 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1249 | 887 |
| LMArena Russian | 1201 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1258 | — |
Instruction Following Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 68.7 (#183), Palm 2: 51.0 (#296)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1222 | 1010 |
| IFEval | 89% | — |
Long Context Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.7 (#213), Palm 2: 30.8 (#285)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1242 | 1010 |
Writing & Preference Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 43.8 (#227), Palm 2: 25.6 (#304)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1241 | 1027 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1211 | 991 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1242 | 994 |
| WildBench | 73.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.0 H Small better than Palm 2?
Granite 4.0 H Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 4.0 H Small or Palm 2 better for coding?
Granite 4.0 H Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.4 versus 29.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 H Small and Palm 2 share?
10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 H Small has 19 scored results on Noometry and Palm 2 has 10.