# Granite 4.0 Micro vs Granite 4.0 H Small

> Granite 4.0 H Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/granite-4-0-micro-vs-ibm-granite-h-small
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 5

## Summary

- They share 5 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.0 Micro scores higher in 2 categories and Granite 4.0 H Small in 3 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Granite 4.0 H Small leads 32.0 to 9.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MMLU-Pro: 39.5% for Granite 4.0 Micro and 56.9% for Granite 4.0 H Small.

## Snapshot

| | Granite 4.0 Micro | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 29.0 | 36.5 |
| Rank | 318 | 214 |
| Context | 131K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.017 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.11 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Granite 4.0 Micro: —
- Granite 4.0 H Small: 36.4 (#209)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | — | 1249 |

## Reasoning

- Granite 4.0 Micro: 19.2 (#265)
- Granite 4.0 H Small: 24.4 (#163)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1240 |

## Math

- Granite 4.0 Micro: 12.0 (#307)
- Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.4 (#223)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 20.9% | 29.6% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.8% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1247 |

## Knowledge

- Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#304)
- Granite 4.0 H Small: 32.0 (#215)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 39.5% | 56.9% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.7% | 38.3% |
| GPQA Diamond | 28.3% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.2% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1251 |

## Multilingual

- Granite 4.0 Micro: —
- Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.6 (#228)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1216 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1249 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1201 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1258 |

## Instruction Following

- Granite 4.0 Micro: 69.9 (#169)
- Granite 4.0 H Small: 68.7 (#183)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 84.9% | 89% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1222 |

## Long Context

- Granite 4.0 Micro: —
- Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.7 (#213)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1242 |

## Writing & Preference

- Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#216)
- Granite 4.0 H Small: 43.8 (#227)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| WildBench | 67% | 73.9% |
| LMArena Text | — | 1241 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1211 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1242 |

## FAQ

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

Granite 4.0 H Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.

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

5 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 Micro has 8 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 H Small has 19.