Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Gemma 2 9B leads with 2.1% higher average benchmark score. Granite 3.3 8B Instruct supports multimodal inputs. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Gemma 2 9B is a language model developed by Google. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 64.6% across 16 benchmarks. It excels particularly in ARC-E (88.0%), BoolQ (84.2%), HellaSwag (81.9%). It's licensed for commercial use, making it suitable for enterprise applications. Released in 2024, it represents Google'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.
9 months newer
Gemma 2 9B
2024-06-27
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
IBM
2025-04-16
Average performance across 27 common benchmarks
Gemma 2 9B
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
2024-04-01
Available providers and their performance metrics
Gemma 2 9B
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
Gemma 2 9B
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct