Model comparison
Granite 4.0 H Small vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 36.5 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 0 categories and Qwen3.5 Max Preview in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads 66.0 to 43.8.
- Granite 4.0 H Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 36.5 | 45.3 |
| Released | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 19 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 36.4 (#209), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 44.0 (#77)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1249 | 1487 |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 24.4 (#163), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 30.8 (#84)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1240 | 1483 |
Math Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.4 (#223), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 40.1 (#94)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1247 | 1474 |
| Omni-MATH | 29.6% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 32.0 (#215), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.8 (#107)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1251 | 1489 |
| MMLU-Pro | 56.9% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.2% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | — |
Multilingual Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.6 (#228), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.2 (#22)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | 1465 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1249 | 1534 |
| LMArena Russian | 1201 | 1471 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1258 | 1470 |
| LMArena French | — | 1484 |
| LMArena German | — | 1487 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1495 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1438 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 68.7 (#183), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.0 (#31)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1222 | 1467 |
| IFEval | 89% | — |
Long Context Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.7 (#213), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#45)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1242 | 1476 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 43.8 (#227), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.0 (#41)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1241 | 1470 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1211 | 1464 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1242 | 1478 |
| WildBench | 73.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.0 H Small better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 4.0 H Small or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 36.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 H Small and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 H Small has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.