Granite 4.0 H 1B
Analysis Summary
Granite 4.0 H 1B is IBM's 1B hybrid Granite model, released October 2025. With an intelligence index of 2.7 and MMLU-Pro of 27.7%, it sits just above the 350M variant but remains in the very low capability tier. LiveCodeBench at 11.5% and agentic index at 19.6 show modest improvements, and LCR at 0.06 is negligible. IFBench at 0.26 is limited for instruction-following tasks.
For businesses, this model is appropriate only for edge or embedded deployments where model size is the primary constraint. It is not suitable for production reasoning, coding, or content workflows. The hybrid architecture may offer efficiency advantages in specific inference environments.
Teams with strict on-device constraints may find it marginally more capable than the 350M variant, but for any meaningful business application, a model with a substantially higher intelligence index is required.
Assessed June 30, 2026
Editorial notes
Granite 4.0 H 1B from IBM is a 1B hybrid model with a 2.7 intelligence index and a 19.6 agentic index, offering marginal improvements over the 350M variant but still limited to edge or embedded use cases with minimal reasoning demands.
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Performance Profile
How Granite 4.0 H 1B compares
Granite 4.0 H 1B ranks #359 of 387 AI models we track for overall intelligence, #185 of 294 for agentic tasks. Granite 4.0 H 1B is currently free to use via OpenRouter.
Performance Indices
Source: Artificial Analysis
Benchmark Scores
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Benchmark data from Artificial Analysis and Hugging Face
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Model Information
| Provider | IBM |
| Release Date | October 28, 2025 |
| Status | Active |
Frequently asked questions about Granite 4.0 H 1B
How much does Granite 4.0 H 1B cost?
Granite 4.0 H 1B is currently available for free via OpenRouter.
Who created Granite 4.0 H 1B?
Granite 4.0 H 1B is developed by IBM and was released on October 28, 2025.
