Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct leads with 31.2% higher average benchmark score. Granite 3.3 8B Instruct supports multimodal inputs. Command R+ is available on 2 providers. Overall, Granite 3.3 8B Instruct is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Cohere
Command R+ is a language model developed by Cohere. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 74.6% across 6 benchmarks. It excels particularly in HellaSwag (88.6%), Winogrande (85.4%), MMLU (75.7%). It supports a 256K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 2 API providers. Released in 2024, it represents Cohere'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.
7 months newer
Command R+
Cohere
2024-08-30
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
IBM
2025-04-16
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 17 common benchmarks
Command R+
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
2024-04-01
Available providers and their performance metrics
Command R+
Bedrock
Cohere
Command R+
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
Command R+
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct