Analysis Summary
Granite 4.0 H Small is a compact model from IBM with low but measurable reasoning, coding, and instruction-following scores. Pricing is very low, making it viable for high-volume, low-stakes automation rather than demanding analytical work.
Businesses should treat it as a budget utility model for simple classification, extraction, or templated tasks rather than client-facing content or coding projects. It lacks the depth needed for complex reasoning.
Assessed July 29, 2026
Editorial notes
Granite 4.0 H Small offers modest reasoning and coding ability from IBM at a low price point, best suited to simple, cost-sensitive automation.
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DFO Verdict
Granite 4.0 H Small offers modest reasoning and coding ability from IBM at a low price point, best suited to simple, cost-sensitive automation.
Benchmark scores
Magenta = intelligence · Ink = technical/agentic · Cyan = content & long-context · Grey = community benchmarks. Data: Artificial Analysis, Hugging Face.
5.2 Intelligence Index·13.7 Math Index
How Granite 4.0 H Small compares
Granite 4.0 H Small ranks #331 of 401 AI models we track for overall intelligence. At $0.06 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 75% of comparable models.
Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.
1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.
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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| 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.
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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.
Data sourced from the OpenRouter API, Artificial Analysis, the Hugging Face Open LLM Leaderboard and our own internal testing. Scores are editorially curated by our team.
Last updated: August 6, 2026 8:38 pm