Model comparison
Granite 4.0 H Small vs Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 35.9 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-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct in 8 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads 55.5 to 44.0.
Side by side
| Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 35.9 | 37.7 |
| Released | — | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $7.50 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 25 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Granite 4.0 H Small: 35.8 (#207), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 36.2 (#199)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1247 | 1413 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 55.4% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1275 |
| GSO | — | 4.9% |
| WeirdML | — | 41.2% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 461.45 |
| AlgoTune | — | 1.44 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 23.7 (#116)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 27.2% |
Reasoning Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 23.4 (#164), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 24.7 (#141)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1240 | 1372 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 49.5% |
Math Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 29.3 (#219), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 34.9 (#151)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1251 | 1364 |
| Omni-MATH | 29.6% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.5 (#210), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 36.4 (#159)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1244 | 1337 |
| MMLU-Pro | 56.9% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.2% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | — |
Multilingual Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.7 (#223), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 47.8 (#143)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | 1345 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1250 | 1356 |
| LMArena Russian | 1198 | 1367 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1258 | 1360 |
| LMArena French | — | 1394 |
| LMArena German | — | 1324 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1309 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1307 |
Instruction Following Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 68.9 (#178), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 71.8 (#142)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1221 | 1356 |
| IFEval | 89% | — |
Long Context Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.6 (#209), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 42.0 (#126)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1240 | 1379 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 44.0 (#222), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 55.5 (#142)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1241 | 1356 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1210 | 1333 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1243 | 1365 |
| WildBench | 73.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.0 H Small better than Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?
Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 4.0 H Small or Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (35.8 vs 36.2); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 H Small and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 H Small has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has 25.