Model comparison
Granite 4.0 H Small vs Qwen3.5 Plus
Qwen3.5 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Granite 4.0 H Small scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.5 Plus in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.5 Plus leads 49.6 to 31.4.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Vectara Hallucination Rate: 5.2% for Granite 4.0 H Small and 10.7% for Qwen3.5 Plus.
- Granite 4.0 H Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen3.5 Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 36.5 | 42.9 |
| Released | — | 2026-02-16 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.40 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 15 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: 36.4 (#209), Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1249 | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 621.92 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: —, Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 0.54 |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 Plus leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 24.4 (#163), Qwen3.5 Plus: 32.8 (#74)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | — | 22% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1240 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 17% |
| DTBench | — | 80.5% |
| LMCA | — | 36.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 146.78 |
Math Qwen3.5 Plus leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.4 (#223), Qwen3.5 Plus: 49.6 (#61)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 86.7% |
| Omni-MATH | 29.6% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1247 | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 21% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 2.1% |
Knowledge Qwen3.5 Plus leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 32.0 (#215), Qwen3.5 Plus: 46.0 (#83)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.2% | 10.7% |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 84.8% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 25.4% |
| MMLU-Pro | 56.9% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1251 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.6 (#228), Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| 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), Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 89% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1222 | — |
Long Context Qwen3.5 Plus leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.7 (#213), Qwen3.5 Plus: 43.0 (#113)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| CL-bench | — | 19.8% |
| CL-bench Life | — | 12.4% |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1242 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: 43.8 (#227), Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Qwen3.5 Plus?
Qwen3.5 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 H Small and Qwen3.5 Plus share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Granite 4.0 H Small has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Plus has 15.