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granite 4.0 h small

Arena #299Official publisher releaseOpen weights2.5d #261 → #266

IBM Granite·#266 of 361 on the current board

granite 4.0 h small is a language model from IBM Granite. It ranks #266 of 361 on ModelCap's current board, with an Index score of 25.2, measured on 2 public benchmarks. Its score range of 19.5–30.9 spans positions #239–#298. Its weights are openly downloadable.

Figures as of 27 Oct 2026, 21:29 UTC · download the public dataset · methodology

ModelCap Index · Current board
25.2#266
Measured on 2 public benchmarks · range 19.5–30.9
Evidence as of 22 Oct 2026, 00:00 UTC
Market Gravity
13.2
Secondary market signal

OpenRouter endpoint status could not be refreshed. This model is not treated as currently served until a successful observation arrives.

Input
Self-hosted
weights only · no listed API price
Output
Self-hosted
weights only · no listed API price
Context
—
tokens
Providers
0
endpoints

Providers

Uptime measured over the last 30 minutes

Current provider status is unavailable.

ModelCap Index · Current board

Methodology
25.2
Measured on 2 public benchmarks
Current board
#266 of 361
Score range
19.5–30.9
Rank range
#239–#298
Evidence as of
22 Oct 2026, 00:00 UTC
Benchmarks used
Arena Coding, Arena Overall
Technical details
Public rank basis
Measured (measured)
Evidence label
Measured · 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards
Index support
53.2% · moderate
Identity binding
Exact catalogue product · ibm-granite/ibm-granite/granite-4.0-h-small · aggregates disclosed benchmark configurations · endpoint configuration not claimed · artifact metadata ibm-granite/granite-4.0-h-small@b8c0982bab7fde4eb48110f5a069527c008fab39 (not the evaluation revision)
Index observations used
2
Qualified Index evidence point
25.2
Bayesian Evidence Score · measured evidence input only

BES normalizes admitted public benchmark evidence for measured Index rows. Its legacy score and observables prior do not define the public language rank.

Observed capability
25.2
Evidence status
confirmed · 74% mass
General preference
25.2
Coding
25.8
Agents & tools
—
Reasoning
—
Evidence breadth
92%
Evidence coverage
53%
Market and catalogue signals · secondary, never the language Index rank
Usage (OpenRouter popularity)
—
Liquidity (providers × uptime)
—
Open reach (HF downloads)
80.8
Surface (context / tools / modalities)
0.0
Freshness
21.3
  • · HF 30d downloads 27234
  • · Catalogue surface
  • · First seen 2025-09-16

These adoption and deployment observations remain context only. They do not change this model's ModelCap Index score or rank.

BES evidence selected · measured input only

The bounded 0–100 capability score blends each source’s competitive placement with its published achievement, then combines capability families. Evidence breadth adds a modest uncertainty adjustment; price and popularity are not part of benchmark-led rank.

Deployment readiness

Metadata index
57.8
partial · 70% metadata coverage
Not capability
Artifact reproducibility
85.0
Access & legal clarity
100.0
Deployability
8.0
Evaluation provenance
49.4

Not yet published: the base model it derives from, a current serving provider, measured provider uptime, published provider pricing, declared context and output limits, pinned evaluation dataset versions.

A metadata completeness and deployability index—not a safety certification, quality grade, or production-readiness claim.

Market activity

Venue coverage
Market Gravity
13.2
OpenRouter weekly popularity
Not listed

Market Gravity uses OpenRouter’s full-catalogue popularity order. Sparse Vercel top-ten observations appear only when published and do not affect the score.

Arena preference

Status
Ranked
Source
LMArena
Official rank
#299 of 418
Rating
1287.6
95% confidence interval
1279–1296
Votes
6K
Source published at
22 Oct 2026, 00:00 UTC
Category
overall
Identity match confidence
100%

Market Gravity breakdown

Usage55%
0.0

OpenRouter weekly popularity across the full model catalogue.

Liquidity25%
0.0

Independent providers versus the model's open or closed cohort, weighted by uptime.

Open reach15%
80.8

Hugging Face 30-day downloads for open models; neutral for closed models.

Freshness5%
21.3

Time since first public availability, on a six-month half-life.

Specification

Model ID
ibm-granite/granite-4.0-h-small
Declared output cap
Unknown

OpenRouter catalogue or provider-endpoint declaration. Limits can vary by provider and prompt length; a model-wide maximum has not been independently verified. OpenRouter metadata

Inputs
Text
Outputs
Text
Cached input tokens
Not offered
First seen on OpenRouter
16 Sept 2025

Capabilities

  • Not supported: Reasoning
  • Not supported: Tool use
  • Not supported: Structured output
  • Not supported: Response format
  • Not supported: Moderated

Weights & access

Open weights. Downloadable weights are published under an OSI or free-culture license in the current repository metadata. This describes weight availability, not whether the full training stack qualifies as Open Source AI.

Access
Open weights
Licence
apache-2.0
Pinned revision
b8c0982bab7f
Parameters
32.2B
Architecture
GraniteMoeHybridForCausalLM
Model type
granitemoehybrid
Hugging Face downloads (30d)
27K
Downloads (all time)
1.9M
Likes
311
Repository updated
3 Nov 2025, 19:45 UTC

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Public benchmark boards on which granite 4.0 h small has a published result
LeaderboardScoreSource rankConfigurationPublished
Arena text leaderboardArena (LMArena)12881279–1296#299 of 418Not reported22 Oct 2026
Arena coding leaderboardArena (LMArena)13301313–1347#291 of 413Default22 Oct 2026

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Ranked neighbours

Models within 3 places of #266 on the ModelCap Index.

Other ranked IBM Granite models

The same publisher's other current models with a public Index position.

granite 4.0 h small: common questions

How does granite 4.0 h small rank among AI models?

granite 4.0 h small holds ModelCap Index position #266 of 361 ranked language models as of 27 October 2026, with an Index score of 25.2 (interval 19.5–30.9); evidence: measured. The Index combines public benchmark boards with published uncertainty; the methodology page explains the weighting.

How much does granite 4.0 h small cost per 1M tokens?

No live API price is listed for granite 4.0 h small in the current snapshot as of 27 October 2026 because the latest endpoint refresh was unavailable. ModelCap shows a price only when a provider currently lists one.

Is granite 4.0 h small open-weight?

Open weights (apache-2.0). Downloadable weights are published under an OSI or free-culture license in the current repository metadata. This describes weight availability, not whether the full training stack qualifies as Open Source AI. The repository is ibm-granite/granite-4.0-h-small on Hugging Face.

Which benchmarks has granite 4.0 h small been evaluated on?

granite 4.0 h small has published results on 2 public boards tracked by ModelCap as of 27 October 2026: Arena text 1288 (#299 of 418) and Arena coding 1330 (#291 of 413). Each board page ranks every tracked model on that benchmark. The ModelCap Index scores the results its methodology admits, with published uncertainty, and shows reference boards without scoring them.

How does granite 4.0 h small compare with Granite 4.2 8B?

granite 4.0 h small ranks #266 (Index 25.2) and Granite 4.2 8B ranks #261 (Index 26.4) on the ModelCap Index as of 27 October 2026. The head-to-head page lines up their benchmarks, listed prices, context windows and provider counts side by side.

When was granite 4.0 h small released?

granite 4.0 h small first appeared in the catalogue on 16 Sept 2025. It is the current version in its family. Rank and price movements since then are recorded on the site's changes feed.