Model comparison
Granite 4.0 H Small vs Qwen3 Max
Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 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 1 category and Qwen3 Max in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3 Max leads 62.6 to 44.0.
- Granite 4.0 H Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen3 Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 35.9 | 43.5 |
| Released | — | 2025-09-23 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $6 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 33 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3 Max leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 35.8 (#207), Qwen3 Max: 42.4 (#93)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1247 | 1456 |
| ALE-Bench | — | 370.45 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: —, Qwen3 Max: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 71.56 |
Reasoning Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 23.4 (#164), Qwen3 Max: 22.0 (#186)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1240 | 1448 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 72.5% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 30.1% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 4% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 5% |
| DTBench | — | 82.1% |
| LMCA | — | 28.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 142.41 |
Math Qwen3 Max leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 29.3 (#219), Qwen3 Max: 37.6 (#94)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1251 | 1447 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 18.9% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 73.3% |
| Omni-MATH | 29.6% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 97.1% |
Knowledge Qwen3 Max leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.5 (#210), Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#72)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1244 | 1457 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 72.6% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 48.7% |
| MMLU-Pro | 56.9% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.2% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | — |
Multilingual Qwen3 Max leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.7 (#223), Qwen3 Max: 53.9 (#58)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | 1429 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1250 | 1479 |
| LMArena Russian | 1198 | 1428 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1258 | 1463 |
| LMArena French | — | 1450 |
| LMArena German | — | 1463 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1399 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1397 |
Instruction Following Qwen3 Max leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 68.9 (#178), Qwen3 Max: 75.0 (#81)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1221 | 1420 |
| IFEval | 89% | — |
Long Context Qwen3 Max leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.6 (#209), Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#129)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1240 | 1439 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 66.7% |
| CL-bench | — | 14.5% |
Writing & Preference Qwen3 Max leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 44.0 (#222), Qwen3 Max: 62.6 (#72)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1241 | 1439 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1210 | 1401 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1243 | 1446 |
| WildBench | 73.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.0 H Small better than Qwen3 Max?
Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 4.0 H Small or Qwen3 Max better for coding?
Qwen3 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.4 versus 35.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 H Small and Qwen3 Max share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 H Small has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Max has 33.