Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Granite 3.3 8B Base leads with 20.8% higher average benchmark score. Claude Sonnet 4.5 is available on 2 providers. Overall, Granite 3.3 8B Base is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4.5 is a multimodal language model developed by Anthropic. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 75.8% across 9 benchmarks. It excels particularly in MMMLU (89.1%), AIME 2025 (87.0%), TAU-bench Retail (86.2%). It supports a 264K 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 2025, 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.
5 months newer
Granite 3.3 8B Base
IBM
2025-04-16
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Anthropic
2025-09-29
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 29 common benchmarks
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Granite 3.3 8B Base
Granite 3.3 8B Base
2024-04-01
Claude Sonnet 4.5
2025-01-31
Available providers and their performance metrics
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Anthropic
ZeroEval
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Granite 3.3 8B Base
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Granite 3.3 8B Base
Granite 3.3 8B Base