Granite 4.0 H Small

Granite 4.0 H Small

IBM · Released Sep 22, 2025
Intelligence #489 / 699
27.5 our score
Speed #315 / 320
24.8 tok/s
Input Price #185 / 714
$0.060 per 1M tokens
Output Price #226 / 714
$0.250 per 1M tokens
Context
Not reported

Analysis Summary

Granite 4.0 H Small is an IBM model priced at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.25 per million output tokens. The supplied measurements cover reasoning, mathematics, coding, instruction following, long-context performance, terminal use, and tool-oriented evaluation. Its low price is the clearest advantage, while the capability results remain limited, especially for complex reasoning and reliable execution.

The model could support high-volume extraction, categorisation, short metadata drafts, and other routine operations where outputs are checked automatically. It is not a suitable lead model for client strategy, complex content, software engineering, or autonomous agents. The low long-context result also argues against using it for large documents or codebases. Consider Granite H Small as a budget utility tier only when cost is the primary constraint and task scope can be kept narrow.

Assessed August 9, 2026

Editorial notes

Granite 4.0 H Small offers low-cost inference with modest coding and instruction-following results. Its limited reasoning, long-context, and agentic measurements restrict it to simple, supervised automation.

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DFO Verdict

Granite 4.0 H Small offers low-cost inference with modest coding and instruction-following results. Its limited reasoning, long-context, and agentic measurements restrict it to simple, supervised automation.

#489 of 699 overall

Benchmark scores

GPQA Diamond 41.6%
HLE 3.7%
MMLU Pro 62.4%
AIME 2025 13.7%
SciCode 20.9%
LiveCodeBench 25.1%
TerminalBench Hard 2.3%
τ²-Bench 17.3%
IFBench 31.5%
LCR 9%

Magenta = intelligence · Ink = technical/agentic · Cyan = content & long-context · Grey = community benchmarks. Data: Artificial Analysis, Hugging Face.

4.9 Intelligence Index·13.7 Math Index

How Granite 4.0 H Small compares

Granite 4.0 H Small ranks #356 of 427 AI models we track for overall intelligence. At $0.06 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 74% of comparable models.

Position in the field
Intelligence: smarter than 30% of models #489
Speed: faster than 2% of models #315
Price: cheaper than 74% of models #185
worst in fieldmedianbest in field
Price vs frontier peers · $ per 1M tokens
Granite 4.0 H Small $0.06 in $0.25 out
Claude Opus 5 $5.00 in $25.00 out
SpaceXAI: Grok 4.6 $2.00 in $6.00 out
Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max $2.00 in $6.00 out

Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.

Context window vs peers · tokens
Granite 4.0 H Small 0

1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.

Intelligence1.6Technical0Value7Content2.8
Performance profile

Strongest on value. The pulled-in technical corner is the trade-off, and if the shape matters more than the price, this is your model.

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Pricing

Token Type Cost per 1M tokens Cost per 1K tokens
Input $0.06 $0.000060
Output $0.25 $0.000250

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A website chatbot handling around 100 customer conversations a day, a few short messages each.

3,000
One request is one message, email, draft or automation call.
1,200 tokens

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We route routine calls to cheap models and save Granite 4.0 H Small for the hard ones. Most clients cut their estimate by 60-80%.

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Frequently asked questions about Granite 4.0 H Small

How much does Granite 4.0 H Small cost?

Granite 4.0 H Small costs $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.25 per million output tokens.

Who created Granite 4.0 H Small?

Granite 4.0 H Small is developed by IBM and was released on September 22, 2025.

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