Noometry

Model comparison

Claude Sonnet 5 vs Granite 4.0 Micro

Claude Sonnet 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.6 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index. Granite 4.0 Micro costs 98× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Sonnet 5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.

Claude Sonnet 5 Anthropic

54.6

Rank #29 Confirmed

Granite 4.0 Micro IBM

29.0

Rank #318 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Sonnet 5 scores higher in 5 categories and Granite 4.0 Micro in 0 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Claude Sonnet 5 leads 66.2 to 12.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 94.7% for Claude Sonnet 5 and 2.8% for Granite 4.0 Micro.
  • Granite 4.0 Micro is cheaper at $0.017 / $0.11 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $10 for Claude Sonnet 5.
  • Claude Sonnet 5 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 131K.
  • Granite 4.0 Micro has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Claude Sonnet 5Granite 4.0 Micro
ProviderAnthropicIBM
Noometry Index54.629.0
Released2026-06-292025-10-02
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M131K
Max output128K118K
Input $ / M tokens$2$0.017
Output $ / M tokens$10$0.11
Results tracked518

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Claude Sonnet 5: 55.5 (#26), Granite 4.0 Micro: —

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Granite 4.0 Micro
DeepSWE53.8%—
FrontierCode42.7%—
CursorBench34.1%—
LMArena WebDev1541—
SciCode54.3%—
GSO37.3%—
WeirdML68.8%—
LMArena Coding1483—
ALE-Bench1,463—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude Sonnet 5: 42.8 (#18), Granite 4.0 Micro: —

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Granite 4.0 Micro
APEX-Agents54.5%—
GBAEval65.3%—
LMArena Search1194—
Vending-Bench 26,378—

Reasoning Claude Sonnet 5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5: 49.1 (#39), Granite 4.0 Micro: 19.2 (#265)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Granite 4.0 Micro
Chess Puzzles35%0%
SimpleBench60.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)75.1%—
CritPt16.9%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1461—
Mystery Game Puzzles35%—
DTBench92.5%—
LMCA50%—
Surface Evolver Bench60%—
Bench to the Future 30.14—
Epoch Capabilities Index156.21—
ForecastBench61.1—

Math Claude Sonnet 5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5: 66.2 (#27), Granite 4.0 Micro: 12.0 (#307)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Granite 4.0 Micro
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.7%2.8%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)65.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 429.3%—
ProofBench77%—
Omni-MATH—20.9%
LMArena Math1467—

Knowledge Claude Sonnet 5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5: 55.6 (#47), Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#304)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Granite 4.0 Micro
GPQA Diamond90.5%28.3%
SimpleQA Verified33.7%—
MMLU-Pro—39.5%
GPQA (HELM)—30.7%
LMArena Expert1490—

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Sonnet 5: 42.4 (#31), Granite 4.0 Micro: —

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Granite 4.0 Micro
LMArena Vision1274—
Blueprint-Bench 224.9%—
LMArena Document1466—

Multilingual Not comparable

Claude Sonnet 5: 53.8 (#55), Granite 4.0 Micro: —

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Granite 4.0 Micro
LMArena Non-English1431—
LMArena Chinese1477—
LMArena French1460—
LMArena German1440—
LMArena Japanese1422—
LMArena Korean1411—
LMArena Russian1451—
LMArena Spanish1437—

Instruction Following Claude Sonnet 5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5: 76.3 (#41), Granite 4.0 Micro: 69.9 (#169)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Granite 4.0 Micro
IFEval—84.9%
LMArena Instruction Following1452—

Long Context Not comparable

Claude Sonnet 5: 44.8 (#55), Granite 4.0 Micro: —

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Granite 4.0 Micro
LMArena Longer Query1463—

Writing & Preference Claude Sonnet 5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5: 69.2 (#25), Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#216)

BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Granite 4.0 Micro
LMArena Text1442—
LMArena Creative Writing1416—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1794—
WildBench—67%
EQ-Bench 41236—
LMArena Multi-Turn1454—

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Sonnet 5 better than Granite 4.0 Micro?

Claude Sonnet 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.6 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index. Granite 4.0 Micro costs 98× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Sonnet 5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Claude Sonnet 5 or Granite 4.0 Micro?

Granite 4.0 Micro is cheaper. It lists at $0.017 per million input tokens and $0.11 per million output tokens; Claude Sonnet 5 lists at $2 and $10.

Which has the bigger context window?

Claude Sonnet 5 does, with 1M tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do Claude Sonnet 5 and Granite 4.0 Micro share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Sonnet 5 has 51 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 Micro has 8.

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