# Granite-4.0-H-350M vs Phi-3.5-mini

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Granite-4.0-H-350M and Phi-3.5-mini across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/granite-4-0-h-350m-vs-phi-3-5-mini
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 6
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Phi-3.5-mini leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Phi-3.5-mini has the higher overall point estimate 51 to 28.58. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is BBH in Reasoning, with scores of 33.3% and 69%.
- Phi-3.5-mini also has the larger context window at 128K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Granite-4.0-H-350M | Phi-3.5-mini |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | IBM | Microsoft |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 32K | 128K |
| Overall Score | 28.58 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 7 | 8 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Granite-4.0-H-350M public-lane score: Coming soon
- Phi-3.5-mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite-4.0-H-350M | Phi-3.5-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HumanEval | 38% | 62.8% | Phi-3.5-mini |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Granite-4.0-H-350M public-lane score: 25.9 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Phi-3.5-mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite-4.0-H-350M | Phi-3.5-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BBH | 33.3% | 69% | Phi-3.5-mini |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Granite-4.0-H-350M public-lane score: 17.1 (Supported · #178/181)
- Phi-3.5-mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite-4.0-H-350M | Phi-3.5-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU | 36.2% | 69% | Phi-3.5-mini |
| GPQA | 26.1% | 30.4% | Phi-3.5-mini |
| MMLU-Pro | 14.4% | 47.4% | Phi-3.5-mini |
| MMMLU | Coming soon | 55.4% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- Granite-4.0-H-350M public-lane score: Coming soon
- Phi-3.5-mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite-4.0-H-350M | Phi-3.5-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MGSM | 16.2% | 47.9% | Phi-3.5-mini |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Granite-4.0-H-350M public-lane score: 28.8 (#121/128)
- Phi-3.5-mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite-4.0-H-350M | Phi-3.5-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 61.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Granite-4.0-H-350M public-lane score: Coming soon
- Phi-3.5-mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite-4.0-H-350M | Phi-3.5-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GSM8K | Coming soon | 86.2% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Granite-4.0-H-350M or Phi-3.5-mini?

Phi-3.5-mini has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### How many benchmarks does Granite-4.0-H-350M cover on BenchLM?

Granite-4.0-H-350M currently has 7 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Phi-3.5-mini cover on BenchLM?

Phi-3.5-mini currently has 8 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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