Granite-4.0-350M vs Granite-4.0-H-350M

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

Sibling matchup inside the Granite 4.0 350M family.

Agentic
Coding
Multimodal & Grounded
Reasoning
Knowledge
Instruction Following
Multilingual
Mathematics

Granite-4.0-350M· Granite-4.0-H-350M

Quick Verdict

Granite-4.0-350M makes more sense if instruction following is the priority, while Granite-4.0-H-350M is the cleaner fit if its score, price, or context tradeoffs line up better with your workload.

Granite-4.0-350M and Granite-4.0-H-350M sit in the same Granite 4.0 350M 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-4.0-350M has the cleaner overall profile here, landing at 27 versus 24. It is a real lead, but still close enough that category-level strengths matter more than the headline number.

Granite-4.0-350M's sharpest advantage is in instruction following, where it averages 61.6 against 55.4. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is IFEval, 61.6% to 55.4%.

Operational tradeoffs

ProviderIBMIBM
PriceFree*Free*
SpeedN/AN/A
TTFTN/AN/A
Context32K32K

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-4.0-350MGranite-4.0-H-350M
Agentic
Coming soon
Coding
HumanEval38%39%
Multimodal & Grounded
Coming soon
Reasoning
BBH33.3%33.1%
KnowledgeGranite-4.0-350M wins
MMLU36.2%35.0%
GPQA26.1%24.1%
MMLU-Pro14.4%12.1%
Instruction FollowingGranite-4.0-350M wins
IFEval61.6%55.4%
MultilingualGranite-4.0-350M wins
MGSM16.2%14.7%
Mathematics
Coming soon
Frequently Asked Questions (4)

Which is better, Granite-4.0-350M or Granite-4.0-H-350M?

Granite-4.0-350M and Granite-4.0-H-350M are sibling variants in the Granite 4.0 350M family, so the right pick depends on whether you value the better benchmark line, cheaper tokens, or the larger context window. Granite-4.0-350M is ahead overall 27 to 24.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Granite-4.0-350M or Granite-4.0-H-350M?

Granite-4.0-350M has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 18.5 versus 16.4. Inside this category, MMLU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, Granite-4.0-350M or Granite-4.0-H-350M?

Granite-4.0-350M has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 61.6 versus 55.4. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Granite-4.0-350M or Granite-4.0-H-350M?

Granite-4.0-350M has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 16.2 versus 14.7. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 31, 2026

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