Model comparison
Granite 4.0 H Small vs Nova 2.0 Pro Preview
Granite 4.0 H Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.
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Summary
- The widest gap is in coding, where Nova 2.0 Pro Preview leads 40.8 to 36.4.
- Granite 4.0 H Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Granite 4.0 H Small | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Amazon |
| Noometry Index | 36.5 | 33.4 |
| Released | — | 2025-12-02 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 19 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Nova 2.0 Pro Preview leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 36.4 (#209), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 40.8 (#133)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 42.7% |
| LMArena Coding | 1249 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: —, Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 21.9 (#136)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| GDP.pdf | — | 2% |
Reasoning Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 24.4 (#163), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 22.4 (#194)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1240 | — |
Math Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.4 (#223), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 29.6% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1247 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: 32.0 (#215), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 56.9% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.2% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1251 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.6 (#228), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1249 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1201 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1258 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: 68.7 (#183), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 89% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1222 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.7 (#213), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1242 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: 43.8 (#227), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1241 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1211 | — |
| WildBench | 73.9% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1242 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.0 H Small better than Nova 2.0 Pro Preview?
Granite 4.0 H Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 4.0 H Small or Nova 2.0 Pro Preview better for coding?
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.8 versus 36.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 H Small and Nova 2.0 Pro Preview share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 H Small has 19 scored results on Noometry and Nova 2.0 Pro Preview has 3.