# Gemma 3 4B vs Granite 4.0 H Small

> Granite 4.0 H Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gemma-3-4b-vs-ibm-granite-h-small
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 12

## Summary

- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 4B scores higher in 2 categories and Granite 4.0 H Small in 6 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Granite 4.0 H Small leads 31.5 to 11.8.

## Snapshot

| | Gemma 3 4B | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 27.9 | 35.9 |
| Rank | 320 | 213 |
| Context | 131K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.04 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.08 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Gemma 3 4B: 35.3 (#214)
- Granite 4.0 H Small: 35.8 (#207)

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 4B | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1230 | 1247 |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Gemma 3 4B: 20.7 (#134)
- Granite 4.0 H Small: —

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 4B | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 19.6% | — |

## Reasoning

- Gemma 3 4B: 12.7 (#330)
- Granite 4.0 H Small: 23.4 (#164)

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 4B | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1253 | 1240 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 25.2% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| DTBench | 50.9% | — |
| LMCA | 2.8% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 116.02 | — |

## Math

- Gemma 3 4B: 15.8 (#286)
- Granite 4.0 H Small: 29.3 (#219)

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 4B | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1239 | 1251 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 7.5% | — |
| Omni-MATH | — | 29.6% |

## Knowledge

- Gemma 3 4B: 11.8 (#294)
- Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.5 (#210)

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 4B | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.4% | 5.2% |
| LMArena Expert | 1223 | 1244 |
| GPQA Diamond | 23.2% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 56.9% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 38.3% |

## Multilingual

- Gemma 3 4B: 42.7 (#189)
- Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.7 (#223)

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 4B | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1273 | 1216 |
| LMArena Russian | 1294 | 1198 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1250 |
| LMArena German | 1281 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1258 |

## Instruction Following

- Gemma 3 4B: 65.4 (#219)
- Granite 4.0 H Small: 68.9 (#178)

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 4B | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1239 | 1221 |
| IFEval | — | 89% |

## Long Context

- Gemma 3 4B: 38.6 (#189)
- Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.6 (#209)

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 4B | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1274 | 1240 |

## Writing & Preference

- Gemma 3 4B: 42.2 (#234)
- Granite 4.0 H Small: 44.0 (#222)

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 4B | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1291 | 1241 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1270 | 1210 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1255 | 1243 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1068 | — |
| WildBench | — | 73.9% |

## FAQ

### Is Gemma 3 4B better than Granite 4.0 H Small?

Granite 4.0 H Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Gemma 3 4B or Granite 4.0 H Small better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (35.3 vs 35.8); test both on your own repository before choosing.

### How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 4B and Granite 4.0 H Small share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 4B has 22 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 H Small has 19.