Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct leads with 11.7% 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.
Gemma 2 27B was developed as an open-source language model with 27 billion parameters, designed to provide researchers and developers with a capable, instruction-tuned model for experimentation and deployment. Built to democratize access to advanced language understanding, it combines strong performance with the flexibility of open-source licensing.
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.
9 months newer

Gemma 2 27B
2024-06-27

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
IBM
2025-04-16
Average performance across 3 common benchmarks

Gemma 2 27B

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

Gemma 2 27B

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct

Gemma 2 27B

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