Model comparison
Granite 4.0 H Small vs Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Granite 4.0 H Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.0 H Small scores higher in 5 categories and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct in 3 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Granite 4.0 H Small leads 31.4 to 19.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is IFEval: 89% for Granite 4.0 H Small and 80.6% for Qwen2.5 72B Instruct.
Side by side
| Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 36.5 | 31.9 |
| Released | — | 2024-09 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $5.60 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 43 |
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Category by category
Coding Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 36.4 (#209), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 33.2 (#260)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1249 | 1292 |
| WeirdML | — | 16% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 45.8% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 55.9% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: —, Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 22.1 (#133)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | — | 5.7% |
| BALROG | — | 16.2% |
| METR Time Horizons | — | 35.8% |
Reasoning Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 24.4 (#163), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 22.3 (#199)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1240 | 1271 |
| DTBench | — | 62.9% |
| LMCA | — | 13.4% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 79.8% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 129 |
| ForecastBench | — | 57.5 |
| HellaSwag | — | 84.8% |
| PIQA | — | 82.6% |
| WinoGrande | — | 82.3% |
Math Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.4 (#223), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 19.3 (#287)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 29.6% | 33% |
| LMArena Math | 1247 | 1283 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 8.1% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 63.2% |
Knowledge Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 32.0 (#215), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 27.0 (#253)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 56.9% | 63.1% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | 42.6% |
| LMArena Expert | 1251 | 1245 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 49.1% |
| Confabulations | — | 19.1% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.2% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 94.5% |
| MMLU | — | 85.3% |
| TriviaQA | — | 71.9% |
Multilingual Qwen2.5 72B Instruct leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.6 (#228), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 41.0 (#213)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | 1252 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1249 | 1272 |
| LMArena Russian | 1201 | 1264 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1258 | 1256 |
| LMArena French | — | 1280 |
| LMArena German | — | 1234 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1180 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1188 |
Instruction Following Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 68.7 (#183), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 65.5 (#221)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 89% | 80.6% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1222 | 1254 |
Long Context Qwen2.5 72B Instruct leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.7 (#213), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 38.9 (#188)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1242 | 1282 |
Writing & Preference Qwen2.5 72B Instruct leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 43.8 (#227), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 46.7 (#215)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1241 | 1269 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1211 | 1221 |
| WildBench | 73.9% | 80.2% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1242 | 1272 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.0 H Small better than Qwen2.5 72B Instruct?
Granite 4.0 H Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 4.0 H Small or Qwen2.5 72B Instruct better for coding?
Granite 4.0 H Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.4 versus 33.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 H Small and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 H Small has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct has 43.