Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct leads with 6.8% higher average benchmark score. Granite 3.3 8B Instruct supports multimodal inputs. Overall, Granite 3.3 8B Instruct is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B was created through distillation into an ultra-compact Qwen architecture, designed to enable reasoning capabilities on resource-constrained devices. Built with just 1.5 billion parameters, it brings advanced analytical techniques to edge computing and mobile scenarios.
IBM
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct was created as the instruction-tuned version of the Granite base model, designed to follow instructions reliably in enterprise settings. Built to serve business applications requiring dependable language understanding, it provides IBM's accessible interface for enterprise AI.
2 months newer

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B
DeepSeek
2025-01-20

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
IBM
2025-04-16
Average performance across 2 common benchmarks

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
2024-04-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct