Model comparison
Granite 4.0 H Small vs Step 3.7 Flash
Granite 4.0 H Small and Step 3.7 Flash score almost the same on the Noometry Index (36.5 vs 37.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
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StepFunSummary
- The widest gap is in math, where Step 3.7 Flash leads 42.9 to 31.4.
Side by side
| Granite 4.0 H Small | Step 3.7 Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | StepFun |
| Noometry Index | 36.5 | 37.3 |
| Released | — | 2026-05-29 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 256K |
| Max output | — | 256K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.18 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.11 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 5 |
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Category by category
Coding Step 3.7 Flash leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 36.4 (#209), Step 3.7 Flash: 40.0 (#150)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Step 3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 40% |
| LMArena Coding | 1249 | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 694.12 |
Reasoning Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 24.4 (#163), Step 3.7 Flash: 21.6 (#219)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Step 3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 39.7% |
| CritPt | — | 2.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1240 | — |
Math Step 3.7 Flash leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.4 (#223), Step 3.7 Flash: 42.9 (#82)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Step 3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 68.5% |
| Omni-MATH | 29.6% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1247 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: 32.0 (#215), Step 3.7 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Step 3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| 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), Step 3.7 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Step 3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| 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), Step 3.7 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Step 3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 89% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1222 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.7 (#213), Step 3.7 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Step 3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1242 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: 43.8 (#227), Step 3.7 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Step 3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Step 3.7 Flash?
Granite 4.0 H Small and Step 3.7 Flash score almost the same on the Noometry Index (36.5 vs 37.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Granite 4.0 H Small or Step 3.7 Flash better for coding?
Step 3.7 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.0 versus 36.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 H Small and Step 3.7 Flash share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 H Small has 19 scored results on Noometry and Step 3.7 Flash has 5.