Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct leads with 4.0% higher average benchmark score. Claude 3 Opus is available on 3 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Anthropic
Claude 3 Opus is a multimodal language model developed by Anthropic. This model demonstrates exceptional performance with an average score of 81.6% across 11 benchmarks. It excels particularly in ARC-C (96.4%), HellaSwag (95.4%), GSM8k (95.0%). It supports a 400K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 3 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 Instruct is a multimodal language model developed by IBM. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 69.8% across 14 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.
1 year newer
Claude 3 Opus
Anthropic
2024-02-29
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
IBM
2025-04-16
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 20 common benchmarks
Claude 3 Opus
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
2024-04-01
Available providers and their performance metrics
Claude 3 Opus
Anthropic
Bedrock
Claude 3 Opus
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
Claude 3 Opus
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct