Model comparison

Granite 4.0 H Small vs Qwen3.7 Plus

Qwen3.7 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Granite 4.0 H Small IBM

36.5

Rank #214 Confirmed

Qwen3.7 Plus Alibaba (Qwen)

45.3

Rank #72 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.0 H Small scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.7 Plus in 8 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.7 Plus leads 54.9 to 32.0.
  • Granite 4.0 H Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Granite 4.0 H Small and Qwen3.7 Plus specifications
Granite 4.0 H SmallQwen3.7 Plus
ProviderIBMAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index36.545.3
Released—2026-06-02
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.40
Output $ / M tokens—$1.60
Results tracked1932

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

Granite 4.0 H Small: 36.4 (#209), Qwen3.7 Plus: 36.6 (#206)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 4.0 H SmallQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Coding12491473
FrontierCode—10.2%
SciCode—45.5%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Granite 4.0 H Small: —, Qwen3.7 Plus: 21.4 (#138)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 4.0 H SmallQwen3.7 Plus
OSWorld 2.0—2.8%

Reasoning Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Granite 4.0 H Small: 24.4 (#163), Qwen3.7 Plus: 39.3 (#59)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 4.0 H SmallQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Hard Prompts12401460
NYT Connections (extended)—74.8%
CritPt—9.1%
Chess Puzzles—24%
Mystery Game Puzzles—17%
DTBench—84%
LMCA—37.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index—147.37

Math Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.4 (#223), Qwen3.7 Plus: 50.5 (#56)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 4.0 H SmallQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Math12471466
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—34.4%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—93.3%
Omni-MATH29.6%—

Knowledge Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Granite 4.0 H Small: 32.0 (#215), Qwen3.7 Plus: 54.9 (#51)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 4.0 H SmallQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Expert12511467
GPQA Diamond—87.9%
MMLU-Pro56.9%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.2%—
GPQA (HELM)38.3%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Granite 4.0 H Small: —, Qwen3.7 Plus: 41.8 (#33)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 4.0 H SmallQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Vision—1279
LMArena Document—1444

Multilingual Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.6 (#228), Qwen3.7 Plus: 54.8 (#38)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 4.0 H SmallQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Non-English12161445
LMArena Chinese12491510
LMArena Russian12011457
LMArena Spanish12581457
LMArena French—1473
LMArena German—1471
LMArena Japanese—1413
LMArena Korean—1415

Instruction Following Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Granite 4.0 H Small: 68.7 (#183), Qwen3.7 Plus: 75.8 (#52)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 4.0 H SmallQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Instruction Following12221440
IFEval89%—

Long Context Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.7 (#213), Qwen3.7 Plus: 44.5 (#65)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 4.0 H SmallQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Longer Query12421455

Writing & Preference Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Granite 4.0 H Small: 43.8 (#227), Qwen3.7 Plus: 64.3 (#56)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 4.0 H SmallQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text12411455
LMArena Creative Writing12111439
LMArena Multi-Turn12421460
WildBench73.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Granite 4.0 H Small better than Qwen3.7 Plus?

Qwen3.7 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is Granite 4.0 H Small or Qwen3.7 Plus better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (36.4 vs 36.6); test both on your own repository before choosing.

How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 H Small and Qwen3.7 Plus share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 H Small has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Plus has 32.

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