Model comparison
Granite 4.0 H Small vs Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
Granite 4.0 H Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 30.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in math, where Granite 4.0 H Small leads 31.4 to 16.2.
Side by side
| Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 36.5 | 30.1 |
| Released | — | 2024-09 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.70 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.80 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 7 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen2.5 32B Instruct leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 36.4 (#209), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 38.7 (#169)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 45% |
| LMArena Coding | 1249 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 52.3% |
Reasoning Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 24.4 (#163), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 19.2 (#266)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1240 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 128.52 |
Math Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.4 (#223), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 16.2 (#296)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 7.4% |
| Omni-MATH | 29.6% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1247 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 56.1% |
Knowledge Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 32.0 (#215), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 24.9 (#266)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 46.1% |
| MMLU-Pro | 56.9% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.2% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1251 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.6 (#228), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| 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), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 89% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1222 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.7 (#213), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1242 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: 43.8 (#227), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Qwen2.5 32B Instruct?
Granite 4.0 H Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 30.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 4.0 H Small or Qwen2.5 32B Instruct better for coding?
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.7 versus 36.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 H Small and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 H Small has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct has 7.