Model comparison
Granite 4.0 H Small vs Phi-4 Mini
Granite 4.0 H Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 30.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
MicrosoftSummary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Granite 4.0 H Small scores higher in 3 categories and Phi-4 Mini in 0 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Granite 4.0 H Small leads 36.4 to 28.1.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Vectara Hallucination Rate: 5.2% for Granite 4.0 H Small and 23.5% for Phi-4 Mini.
Side by side
| Granite 4.0 H Small | Phi-4 Mini | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 36.5 | 30.9 |
| Released | — | 2024-12-11 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 4K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.075 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.30 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 36.4 (#209), Phi-4 Mini: 28.1 (#317)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 10.8% |
| LMArena Coding | 1249 | — |
Reasoning Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 24.4 (#163), Phi-4 Mini: 22.4 (#195)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1240 | — |
Math Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.4 (#223), Phi-4 Mini: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 29.6% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1247 | — |
Knowledge Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 32.0 (#215), Phi-4 Mini: 25.3 (#262)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.2% | 23.5% |
| MMLU-Pro | 56.9% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1251 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.6 (#228), Phi-4 Mini: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1249 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1201 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1258 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: 68.7 (#183), Phi-4 Mini: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 89% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1222 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.7 (#213), Phi-4 Mini: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1242 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: 43.8 (#227), Phi-4 Mini: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1241 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1211 | — |
| WildBench | 73.9% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1242 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.0 H Small better than Phi-4 Mini?
Granite 4.0 H Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 30.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 4.0 H Small or Phi-4 Mini better for coding?
Granite 4.0 H Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.4 versus 28.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 H Small and Phi-4 Mini share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Granite 4.0 H Small has 19 scored results on Noometry and Phi-4 Mini has 3.