# DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) vs Granite 4.0 H Small

> DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.6 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/deepseek-v2-5-vs-ibm-granite-h-small
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 13

## Summary

- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) scores higher in 6 categories and Granite 4.0 H Small in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads 49.8 to 43.8.

## Snapshot

| | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 37.6 | 36.5 |
| Rank | 200 | 214 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 31.7 (#281)
- Granite 4.0 H Small: 36.4 (#209)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1309 | 1249 |
| Aider Polyglot | 17.8% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 48.6% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 53.2% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 83.5% | — |
| MBPP+ | 74.1% | — |

## Reasoning

- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 25.6 (#145)
- Granite 4.0 H Small: 24.4 (#163)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1289 | 1240 |

## Math

- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 35.9 (#177)
- Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.4 (#223)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1288 | 1247 |
| Omni-MATH | — | 29.6% |

## Knowledge

- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 34.8 (#193)
- Granite 4.0 H Small: 32.0 (#215)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1266 | 1251 |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 56.9% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.2% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 38.3% |

## Multilingual

- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 42.5 (#193)
- Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.6 (#228)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1273 | 1216 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1318 | 1249 |
| LMArena Russian | 1289 | 1201 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1248 | 1258 |
| LMArena French | 1289 | — |
| LMArena German | 1258 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1228 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1209 | — |

## Instruction Following

- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 67.5 (#194)
- Granite 4.0 H Small: 68.7 (#183)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1280 | 1222 |
| IFEval | — | 89% |

## Long Context

- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 39.5 (#174)
- Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.7 (#213)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1301 | 1242 |

## Writing & Preference

- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 49.8 (#187)
- Granite 4.0 H Small: 43.8 (#227)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1294 | 1241 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1285 | 1211 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1297 | 1242 |
| WildBench | — | 73.9% |

## FAQ

### Is DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) better than Granite 4.0 H Small?

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.6 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.

### Is DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) or Granite 4.0 H Small better for coding?

Granite 4.0 H Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.4 versus 31.7 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) and Granite 4.0 H Small share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) has 22 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 H Small has 19.