Granite-4.0-1B vs Phi-4

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

Agentic
Coding
Multimodal & Grounded
Reasoning
Knowledge
Instruction Following
Multilingual
Mathematics

Granite-4.0-1B· Phi-4

Quick Verdict

Treat this as a split decision. Granite-4.0-1B makes more sense if you need the larger 128K context window; Phi-4 is the better fit if multilingual is the priority.

Granite-4.0-1B and Phi-4 finish on the same overall score, so this is less about a single winner and more about where the edge shows up. The headline says tie; the benchmark table is where the real choice happens.

Granite-4.0-1B gives you the larger context window at 128K, compared with 16K for Phi-4.

Operational tradeoffs

ProviderIBMMicrosoft
PriceFree*Free*
SpeedN/A35 t/s
TTFTN/A2.02s
Context128K16K

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-4.0-1BPhi-4
Agentic
Terminal-Bench 2.044%
BrowseComp35%
OSWorld-Verified34%
Coding
HumanEval73%82.6%
SWE-bench Pro55%
Multimodal & Grounded
MMMU-Pro54%
OfficeQA Pro38%
Reasoning
BBH59.7%
LongBench v230%
MRCRv233%
KnowledgePhi-4 wins
MMLU59.7%84.8%
GPQA29.7%56.1%
MMLU-Pro32.9%
FrontierScience52%
Instruction Following
IFEval78.5%
MultilingualPhi-4 wins
MGSM27.5%80.6%
MMLU-ProX60%
Mathematics
MATH-50094.6%
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Which is better, Granite-4.0-1B or Phi-4?

Granite-4.0-1B and Phi-4 are tied on overall score, so the right pick depends on which category matters most for your use case.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Granite-4.0-1B or Phi-4?

Phi-4 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 53.6 versus 31.7. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Granite-4.0-1B or Phi-4?

Phi-4 has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 67.2 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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