Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Granite 3.3 8B Base leads with 22.0% higher average benchmark score. Claude 3.5 Sonnet is available on 2 providers. Overall, Granite 3.3 8B Base is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Anthropic
Claude 3.5 Sonnet is a multimodal language model developed by Anthropic. This model demonstrates exceptional performance with an average score of 84.1% across 9 benchmarks. It excels particularly in GSM8k (96.4%), BIG-Bench Hard (93.1%), HumanEval (92.0%). It supports a 400K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 2 API providers. As a multimodal model, it can process and understand text, images, and other input formats seamlessly. Released in 2024, it represents Anthropic's latest advancement in AI technology.
IBM
Granite 3.3 8B Base is a multimodal language model developed by IBM. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 64.3% across 20 benchmarks. It excels particularly in HumanEval (89.7%), AttaQ (88.5%), HumanEval+ (86.1%). As a multimodal model, it can process and understand text, images, and other input formats seamlessly. It's licensed for commercial use, making it suitable for enterprise applications. Released in 2025, it represents IBM's latest advancement in AI technology.
9 months newer
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Anthropic
2024-06-21
Granite 3.3 8B Base
IBM
2025-04-16
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 24 common benchmarks
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Granite 3.3 8B Base
Granite 3.3 8B Base
2024-04-01
Available providers and their performance metrics
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Bedrock
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Granite 3.3 8B Base
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Granite 3.3 8B Base
Granite 3.3 8B Base