Granite 4.0 H Tiny vs Qwen3 1.7B
Wins 1 of 3 areas
Coding
Wins 2 of 3 areas
Reasoning · Following instructions
Qwen3 1.7B is the stronger all-rounder.Granite 4.0 H Tiny is better at coding.
Scores updated · 14 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the three areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
Coding, reasoning and following instructions rest on a single test each.
The biggest differences
The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.
Where Qwen3 1.7B pulls ahead
- Graduate-level biology, physics and chemistry questionsGPQA Diamond+9.1points ahead
- Follows unfamiliar, precisely checkable instructionsIFBench+8.5points ahead
Where Granite 4.0 H Tiny pulls ahead
- Recent programming contest problemsLiveCodeBench v6+2.6points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 14 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
Following instructionsQwen3 1.7B
- IFBenchQwen3 1.7B by 8.518.426.9+8.5
Other results11 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- AIME25 no toolsQwen3 1.7B by 31.44.936.3+31.4
- GSM8KGranite 4.0 H Tiny by 31.282.651.4+31.2
- MMLU-ProQwen3 1.7B by 253257+25
- MATH-500 (EM)Qwen3 1.7B by 23.758.281.9+23.7
- HumanEval+Granite 4.0 H Tiny by 12.873.861+12.8
- MMMLUGranite 4.0 H Tiny by 9.656.146.5+9.6
- MMLUGranite 4.0 H Tiny by 7.766.859.1+7.7
- IFEvalGranite 4.0 H Tiny by 7.181.174+7.1
- MGSMGranite 4.0 H Tiny by 7.173.766.6+7.1
- BFCL v3Granite 4.0 H Tiny by 1.556.955.4+1.5
- LCB v5tie27.326.5tie
Questions people ask
Which is better, Granite 4.0 H Tiny or Qwen3 1.7B?
Qwen3 1.7B wins two of the three areas where both have results: reasoning and following instructions. Granite 4.0 H Tiny wins coding.
Which is better for coding?
Granite 4.0 H Tiny. It wins the one coding test both models report.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 14 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 3 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 11 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.