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Granite 4 H Small vs Grok 4.3
This page is context-first: how much text each model can take in one request. Full specs adds capabilities and limits; the pricing matrix below is only about $/million tokens from hosts that list both models.
Context window · side by side
Bar length is relative to the larger of the two windows (100% = max of this pair). This is not pricing.
Grok 4.3 has about 48.8× the context window of the other in this pair.
Grok 4.3 has 4782% more context capacity (1000K vs 20K tokens). Granite 4 H Small is 95% cheaper on input.
Quick verdicts
Short takeaways — validate with your own workloads.
Long document processing
Use Grok 4.3. Its 1000K context fits entire documents without chunking (vs 20K).
RAG / high-volume retrieval
Use Granite 4 H Small. Input tokens are 95% cheaper — critical when sending large retrieved contexts.
Full specs
Context, output, capabilities, and dates. Green highlights the favorable value where we compute a winner.
| Spec | Granite 4 H Small | Grok 4.3 |
|---|---|---|
| Context window | 20,480 tokens (20K) | 1,000,000 tokens (1000K) |
| Max output tokens | 20,480 tokens (20K) | N/A |
| Speed tier | Balanced | Balanced |
| Vision | No | Yes |
| Function calling | Yes | Yes |
| Extended thinking | No | Yes |
| Prompt caching | No | Yes |
| Batch API | No | No |
| Release date | N/A | Apr 2026 |
Pricing matrix
Dollar rates only: hosts that list both models, per 1M tokens. For how much text fits, use the context section above — not this table.
| Provider | Granite 4 H Small in | Granite 4 H Small out | Grok 4.3 in | Grok 4.3 out |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ibm Watsonx | $0.060/M | $0.250/M | — | — |
| Xai | — | — | $1.25/M | $2.50/M |
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