Model comparison

Granite 4.0 H Small vs Qwen2-72B

Granite 4.0 H Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 29.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Granite 4.0 H Small IBM

35.9

Rank #213 Confirmed

Qwen2-72B Alibaba (Qwen)

29.5

Rank #294 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.0 H Small scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen2-72B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Granite 4.0 H Small leads 31.5 to 21.2.

Side by side

Granite 4.0 H Small and Qwen2-72B specifications
Granite 4.0 H SmallQwen2-72B
ProviderIBMAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index35.929.5
Released—2024-06-07
WeightsOpenOpen
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Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked1926

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Category by category

Coding Granite 4.0 H Small leads

Granite 4.0 H Small: 35.8 (#207), Qwen2-72B: 28.7 (#303)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 4.0 H SmallQwen2-72B
LMArena Coding12471196
WeirdML—11.3%
BigCodeBench Instruct—38.5%
BigCodeBench Complete—54%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Granite 4.0 H Small: —, Qwen2-72B: 16.9 (#138)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 4.0 H SmallQwen2-72B
TheAgentCompany—1.1%
METR Time Horizons—29.9%

Reasoning Granite 4.0 H Small leads

Granite 4.0 H Small: 23.4 (#164), Qwen2-72B: 22.2 (#184)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 4.0 H SmallQwen2-72B
LMArena Hard Prompts12401191
Epoch Capabilities Index—125.27

Math Granite 4.0 H Small leads

Granite 4.0 H Small: 29.3 (#219), Qwen2-72B: 27.9 (#232)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 4.0 H SmallQwen2-72B
LMArena Math12511235
Omni-MATH29.6%—
MATH Level 5—39.1%

Knowledge Granite 4.0 H Small leads

Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.5 (#210), Qwen2-72B: 21.2 (#270)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 4.0 H SmallQwen2-72B
LMArena Expert12441171
GPQA Diamond—40.8%
MMLU-Pro56.9%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.2%—
GPQA (HELM)38.3%—
MMLU—82.4%

Multilingual Granite 4.0 H Small leads

Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.7 (#223), Qwen2-72B: 36.0 (#239)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 4.0 H SmallQwen2-72B
LMArena Non-English12161176
LMArena Chinese12501240
LMArena Russian11981169
LMArena Spanish12581168
LMArena French—1169
LMArena German—1151
LMArena Japanese—1111
LMArena Korean—1083

Instruction Following Granite 4.0 H Small leads

Granite 4.0 H Small: 68.9 (#178), Qwen2-72B: 62.0 (#236)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 4.0 H SmallQwen2-72B
LMArena Instruction Following12211181
IFEval89%—

Long Context Granite 4.0 H Small leads

Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.6 (#209), Qwen2-72B: 36.1 (#230)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 4.0 H SmallQwen2-72B
LMArena Longer Query12401193

Writing & Preference Granite 4.0 H Small leads

Granite 4.0 H Small: 44.0 (#222), Qwen2-72B: 41.0 (#236)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 4.0 H SmallQwen2-72B
LMArena Text12411203
LMArena Creative Writing12101181
LMArena Multi-Turn12431195
WildBench73.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Granite 4.0 H Small better than Qwen2-72B?

Granite 4.0 H Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 29.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is Granite 4.0 H Small or Qwen2-72B better for coding?

Granite 4.0 H Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.8 versus 28.7 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 H Small and Qwen2-72B share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 H Small has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2-72B has 26.

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