Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Granite 3.3 8B Base leads with 10.5% higher average benchmark score. Granite 3.3 8B Base supports multimodal inputs. Overall, Granite 3.3 8B Base is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
IBM
Granite 3.3 8B Base was developed by IBM as an enterprise-focused foundation model, designed to provide a reliable starting point for business applications. Built with 8 billion parameters and trained on curated data, it serves as a foundation for domain-specific customization in enterprise contexts.
Mistral AI
Magistral Small was created as an efficient reasoning-focused variant, designed to bring analytical capabilities to applications with tighter resource constraints. Built to balance problem-solving depth with practical deployment needs, it extends reasoning-enhanced AI to broader use cases.
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Granite 3.3 8B Base
IBM
2025-04-16

Magistral Small 2506
Mistral AI
2025-06-10
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks

Granite 3.3 8B Base

Magistral Small 2506
Granite 3.3 8B Base
2024-04-01
Magistral Small 2506
2025-06-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Granite 3.3 8B Base

Magistral Small 2506

Granite 3.3 8B Base

Magistral Small 2506