Model comparison
Granite 4.0 H Small vs Qwen Max
Granite 4.0 H Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 34.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.0 H Small scores higher in 4 categories and Qwen Max in 4 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Granite 4.0 H Small leads 29.3 to 21.0.
- Granite 4.0 H Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 35.9 | 34.4 |
| Released | — | 2024-04-03 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 33K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.60 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $6.40 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 23 |
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Category by category
Coding Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 35.8 (#207), Qwen Max: 30.3 (#288)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1247 | 1288 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 21.8% |
Reasoning Too close to call
Granite 4.0 H Small: 23.4 (#164), Qwen Max: 24.1 (#154)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1240 | 1270 |
Math Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 29.3 (#219), Qwen Max: 21.0 (#272)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1251 | 1275 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 16.1% |
| Omni-MATH | 29.6% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 67.2% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1% |
Knowledge Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.5 (#210), Qwen Max: 30.3 (#222)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1244 | 1248 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 56.1% |
| MMLU-Pro | 56.9% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.2% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | — |
Multilingual Qwen Max leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.7 (#223), Qwen Max: 42.0 (#197)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | 1263 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1250 | 1254 |
| LMArena Russian | 1198 | 1274 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1258 | 1290 |
| LMArena French | — | 1329 |
| LMArena German | — | 1254 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1205 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1141 |
Instruction Following Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 68.9 (#178), Qwen Max: 66.7 (#203)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1221 | 1262 |
| IFEval | 89% | — |
Long Context Qwen Max leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.6 (#209), Qwen Max: 39.4 (#175)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1240 | 1289 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 66.7% |
Writing & Preference Qwen Max leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 44.0 (#222), Qwen Max: 48.0 (#200)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1241 | 1282 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1210 | 1248 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1243 | 1277 |
| WildBench | 73.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.0 H Small better than Qwen Max?
Granite 4.0 H Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 34.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 4.0 H Small or Qwen Max better for coding?
Granite 4.0 H Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.8 versus 30.3 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 H Small and Qwen Max share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 H Small has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Max has 23.