Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct leads with 18.7% 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 9B was created as a more compact open-source model, designed to deliver capable performance with reduced computational requirements. Built with 9 billion parameters and instruction tuning, it serves applications where efficiency and accessibility are valued alongside the benefits of open-source availability.
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 9B
2024-06-27

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