Granite 4.0 H Small
Analysis Summary
Granite 4.0 H Small is IBM's mid-tier small model in the Granite 4.0 family, priced at $0.06/$0.25 per million tokens. Its intelligence index of 5.2 and MMLU-Pro of 0.624 show reasonable general knowledge for its size, and livecodebench at 0.251 gives it basic coding utility.
For businesses, it fits lightweight automation tasks: form processing, short-form content drafting, and simple classification pipelines where cost per call matters. Agentic capability (index 9.8) and long-context reasoning (lcr 0.09) are limited, so it is not suitable for multi-step workflows or document-heavy analysis.
At its price point it competes with other small open-weight models. IBM's enterprise positioning may appeal to organisations already in the IBM ecosystem, but teams without that context should compare it carefully against similarly priced alternatives before adopting.
Assessed June 30, 2026
Editorial notes
Granite 4.0 H Small from IBM is a compact, affordably priced model with moderate instruction following and light coding capability, suited to cost-sensitive automation of simple structured tasks.
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Performance Profile
How Granite 4.0 H Small compares
Granite 4.0 H Small ranks #317 of 387 AI models we track for overall intelligence, #264 of 294 for agentic tasks. At $0.06 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 72% of comparable models.
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 | September 22, 2025 |
| Status | Active |
Pricing
| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.06 | $0.000060 |
| Output | $0.25 | $0.000250 |
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.
