# Granite 4.0 H Small vs Mistral Large 4

> Mistral Large 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.

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

## Summary

- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.0 H Small scores higher in 1 category and Mistral Large 4 in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Large 4 leads 60.4 to 43.8.
- Granite 4.0 H Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 36.5 | 43.1 |
| Rank | 214 | 99 |
| Context | — | 1.05M |
| Input $/M | — | $0.68 |
| Output $/M | — | $2.09 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Granite 4.0 H Small: 36.4 (#209)
- Mistral Large 4: 48.6 (#57)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1249 | 1475 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1541 |

## Reasoning

- Granite 4.0 H Small: 24.4 (#163)
- Mistral Large 4: 22.5 (#192)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1240 | 1444 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 27.4% |

## Math

- Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.4 (#223)
- Mistral Large 4: 40.4 (#91)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1247 | 1488 |
| Omni-MATH | 29.6% | — |

## Knowledge

- Granite 4.0 H Small: 32.0 (#215)
- Mistral Large 4: 36.6 (#166)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1251 | 1447 |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 20% |
| MMLU-Pro | 56.9% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.2% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | — |

## Multilingual

- Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.6 (#228)
- Mistral Large 4: 52.6 (#82)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | 1415 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1249 | 1491 |
| LMArena Russian | 1201 | 1414 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1258 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Granite 4.0 H Small: 68.7 (#183)
- Mistral Large 4: 75.0 (#76)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1222 | 1424 |
| IFEval | 89% | — |

## Long Context

- Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.7 (#213)
- Mistral Large 4: 43.6 (#89)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1242 | 1429 |

## Writing & Preference

- Granite 4.0 H Small: 43.8 (#227)
- Mistral Large 4: 60.4 (#97)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1241 | 1427 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1211 | 1361 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1242 | 1424 |
| WildBench | 73.9% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Granite 4.0 H Small better than Mistral Large 4?

Mistral Large 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Granite 4.0 H Small or Mistral Large 4 better for coding?

Mistral Large 4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.6 versus 36.4 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 H Small and Mistral Large 4 share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 H Small has 19 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 4 has 15.