# GPT-4.1 mini vs Granite 4.0 H Small

> Granite 4.0 H Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 33.6 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gpt-4-1-mini-vs-ibm-granite-h-small
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 18

## Summary

- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.1 mini scores higher in 4 categories and Granite 4.0 H Small in 4 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Granite 4.0 H Small leads 24.4 to 10.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA (HELM): 61.4% for GPT-4.1 mini and 38.3% for Granite 4.0 H Small.
- Granite 4.0 H Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | GPT-4.1 mini | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 33.6 | 36.5 |
| Rank | 240 | 214 |
| Context | 1.05M | — |
| Input $/M | $0.40 | — |
| Output $/M | $1.60 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- GPT-4.1 mini: 30.6 (#293)
- Granite 4.0 H Small: 36.4 (#209)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1367 | 1249 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 23.9% | — |
| Aider Polyglot | 32.4% | — |
| SciCode | 40.4% | — |
| WeirdML | 37.6% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 48.9% | — |
| CadEval | 16% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- GPT-4.1 mini: 33.3 (#55)
- Granite 4.0 H Small: —

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 50.5% | — |

## Reasoning

- GPT-4.1 mini: 10.8 (#340)
- Granite 4.0 H Small: 24.4 (#163)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1349 | 1240 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 48.6% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 3.5% | — |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 7% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 7% | — |
| DTBench | 68.8% | — |
| LMCA | 21.1% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 135.01 | — |

## Math

- GPT-4.1 mini: 24.1 (#270)
- Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.4 (#223)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 49.1% | 29.6% |
| LMArena Math | 1343 | 1247 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 6.7% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 44.7% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 87.3% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 4.5% | — |

## Knowledge

- GPT-4.1 mini: 34.7 (#194)
- Granite 4.0 H Small: 32.0 (#215)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 78.3% | 56.9% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 61.4% | 38.3% |
| LMArena Expert | 1338 | 1251 |
| GPQA Diamond | 65.8% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 12.7% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.2% |

## Multimodal

- GPT-4.1 mini: 35.8 (#82)
- Granite 4.0 H Small: —

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1181 | — |

## Multilingual

- GPT-4.1 mini: 45.7 (#166)
- Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.6 (#228)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1318 | 1216 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1329 | 1249 |
| LMArena Russian | 1324 | 1201 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1319 | 1258 |
| LMArena French | 1358 | — |
| LMArena German | 1351 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1290 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1298 | — |

## Instruction Following

- GPT-4.1 mini: 73.7 (#118)
- Granite 4.0 H Small: 68.7 (#183)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 90.4% | 89% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1333 | 1222 |

## Long Context

- GPT-4.1 mini: 31.8 (#275)
- Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.7 (#213)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1344 | 1242 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 44.4% | — |

## Writing & Preference

- GPT-4.1 mini: 48.6 (#199)
- Granite 4.0 H Small: 43.8 (#227)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1340 | 1241 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1300 | 1211 |
| WildBench | 83.8% | 73.9% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1354 | 1242 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1147 | — |

## FAQ

### Is GPT-4.1 mini better than Granite 4.0 H Small?

Granite 4.0 H Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 33.6 on the Noometry Index.

### Is GPT-4.1 mini or Granite 4.0 H Small better for coding?

Granite 4.0 H Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.4 versus 30.6 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do GPT-4.1 mini and Granite 4.0 H Small share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4.1 mini has 47 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 H Small has 19.