Model comparison
Granite 4.0 H Small vs Qwen3 8B
Granite 4.0 H Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 33.3 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 2 categories and Qwen3 8B in 3 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Granite 4.0 H Small leads 23.4 to 16.1.
Side by side
| Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen3 8B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 35.9 | 33.3 |
| Released | — | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.18 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.70 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 11 |
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Category by category
Coding Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 35.8 (#207), Qwen3 8B: 33.4 (#245)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 22.6% |
| LMArena Coding | 1247 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: —, Qwen3 8B: 29.9 (#71)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 42.6% |
Reasoning Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 23.4 (#164), Qwen3 8B: 16.1 (#299)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 5% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1240 | — |
| DTBench | — | 59.7% |
| LMCA | — | 8.8% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 136.17 |
Math Qwen3 8B leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 29.3 (#219), Qwen3 8B: 33.3 (#176)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 56.1% |
| Omni-MATH | 29.6% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1251 | — |
Knowledge Qwen3 8B leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.5 (#210), Qwen3 8B: 36.1 (#164)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.2% | 4.8% |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 56.8% |
| MMLU-Pro | 56.9% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1244 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.7 (#223), Qwen3 8B: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1250 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1198 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1258 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: 68.9 (#178), Qwen3 8B: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 89% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1221 | — |
Long Context Too close to call
Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.6 (#209), Qwen3 8B: 37.8 (#205)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 62.1% |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1240 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: 44.0 (#222), Qwen3 8B: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1241 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1210 | — |
| WildBench | 73.9% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1243 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.0 H Small better than Qwen3 8B?
Granite 4.0 H Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 33.3 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 4.0 H Small or Qwen3 8B better for coding?
Granite 4.0 H Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.8 versus 33.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 H Small and Qwen3 8B share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Granite 4.0 H Small has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 8B has 11.