# DBRX vs Granite 4.0 H Small

> Granite 4.0 H Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/dbrx-vs-ibm-granite-h-small
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 13

## Summary

- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. DBRX scores higher in 0 categories and Granite 4.0 H Small in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Granite 4.0 H Small leads 32.0 to 14.9.

## Snapshot

| | DBRX | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 29.4 | 36.5 |
| Rank | 311 | 214 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- DBRX: 32.9 (#266)
- Granite 4.0 H Small: 36.4 (#209)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1132 | 1249 |
| HumanEval+ | 70.1% | — |
| MBPP+ | 55.8% | — |

## Reasoning

- DBRX: 21.4 (#222)
- Granite 4.0 H Small: 24.4 (#163)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1113 | 1240 |

## Math

- DBRX: 24.3 (#269)
- Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.4 (#223)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1145 | 1247 |
| Omni-MATH | — | 29.6% |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- DBRX: 14.9 (#294)
- Granite 4.0 H Small: 32.0 (#215)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1076 | 1251 |
| GPQA Diamond | 32.9% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 56.9% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.2% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 38.3% |

## Multilingual

- DBRX: 29.3 (#268)
- Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.6 (#228)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1071 | 1216 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1068 | 1249 |
| LMArena Russian | 1078 | 1201 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1064 | 1258 |
| LMArena French | 1096 | — |
| LMArena German | 1057 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 990 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 993 | — |

## Instruction Following

- DBRX: 57.5 (#270)
- Granite 4.0 H Small: 68.7 (#183)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1112 | 1222 |
| IFEval | — | 89% |

## Long Context

- DBRX: 33.7 (#258)
- Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.7 (#213)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1112 | 1242 |

## Writing & Preference

- DBRX: 33.6 (#275)
- Granite 4.0 H Small: 43.8 (#227)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1119 | 1241 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1104 | 1211 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1111 | 1242 |
| WildBench | — | 73.9% |

## FAQ

### Is DBRX better than Granite 4.0 H Small?

Granite 4.0 H Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Is DBRX or Granite 4.0 H Small better for coding?

Granite 4.0 H Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.4 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do DBRX and Granite 4.0 H Small share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. DBRX has 21 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 H Small has 19.