Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Granite 3.3 8B Base leads with 24.5% 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 is a multimodal language model developed by IBM. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 64.3% across 20 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.
Mistral AI
Ministral 8B Instruct is a language model developed by Mistral AI. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 63.3% across 11 benchmarks. It excels particularly in MT-Bench (83.0%), Winogrande (75.3%), ARC-C (71.9%). It supports a 256K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 1 API provider. Released in 2024, it represents Mistral AI's latest advancement in AI technology.
6 months newer
Ministral 8B Instruct
Mistral AI
2024-10-16
Granite 3.3 8B Base
IBM
2025-04-16
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 24 common benchmarks
Granite 3.3 8B Base
Ministral 8B Instruct
Granite 3.3 8B Base
2024-04-01
Available providers and their performance metrics
Granite 3.3 8B Base
Ministral 8B Instruct
Mistral AI
Granite 3.3 8B Base
Ministral 8B Instruct
Granite 3.3 8B Base
Ministral 8B Instruct