Granite-4.0-1B vs Granite-4.0-H-1B

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.

Sibling matchup inside the Granite 4.0 1B family.

Agentic
Coding
Multimodal & Grounded
Reasoning
Knowledge
Instruction Following
Multilingual
Mathematics

Granite-4.0-1B· Granite-4.0-H-1B

Quick Verdict

Granite-4.0-1B makes more sense if instruction following is the priority, while Granite-4.0-H-1B is the cleaner fit if multilingual is the priority.

Granite-4.0-1B and Granite-4.0-H-1B sit in the same Granite 4.0 1B family. This page is less about two unrelated model lineages and more about how the siblings trade off on benchmark shape, token costs, and practical limits like context window.

Granite-4.0-H-1B has the cleaner overall profile here, landing at 43 versus 40. It is a real lead, but still close enough that category-level strengths matter more than the headline number.

Granite-4.0-H-1B's sharpest advantage is in multilingual, where it averages 37.8 against 27.5. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MGSM, 27.5% to 37.8%. Granite-4.0-1B does hit back in instruction following, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

Operational tradeoffs

ProviderIBMIBM
PriceFree*Free*
SpeedN/AN/A
TTFTN/AN/A
Context128K128K

Decision framing

BenchLM keeps the benchmark table and the operator tradeoffs on the same page so a better score does not hide a materially slower, pricier, or smaller-context model.

Runtime metrics show N/A when BenchLM does not have a sourced snapshot for that exact model. The scoring rules and freshness policy are documented on the methodology page.

BenchmarkGranite-4.0-1BGranite-4.0-H-1B
Agentic
Coming soon
Coding
HumanEval73%74%
Multimodal & Grounded
Coming soon
Reasoning
BBH59.7%60.4%
KnowledgeGranite-4.0-H-1B wins
MMLU59.7%59.4%
GPQA29.7%29.9%
MMLU-Pro32.9%34.0%
Instruction FollowingGranite-4.0-1B wins
IFEval78.5%77.4%
MultilingualGranite-4.0-H-1B wins
MGSM27.5%37.8%
Mathematics
Coming soon
Frequently Asked Questions (4)

Which is better, Granite-4.0-1B or Granite-4.0-H-1B?

Granite-4.0-1B and Granite-4.0-H-1B are sibling variants in the Granite 4.0 1B family, so the right pick depends on whether you value the better benchmark line, cheaper tokens, or the larger context window. Granite-4.0-H-1B is ahead overall 43 to 40.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Granite-4.0-1B or Granite-4.0-H-1B?

Granite-4.0-H-1B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 32.6 versus 31.7. Inside this category, MMLU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, Granite-4.0-1B or Granite-4.0-H-1B?

Granite-4.0-1B has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 78.5 versus 77.4. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Granite-4.0-1B or Granite-4.0-H-1B?

Granite-4.0-H-1B has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 37.8 versus 27.5. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 31, 2026

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