Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Qwen2.5-Coder 32B Instruct leads with 11.0% higher average benchmark score. Granite 3.3 8B Base supports multimodal inputs. Qwen2.5-Coder 32B Instruct is available on 4 providers. Overall, Qwen2.5-Coder 32B Instruct 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.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B was developed as a specialized coding model, designed to excel at programming tasks with 32 billion parameters specifically optimized for code. Built to understand and generate code across multiple programming languages, it serves developers requiring advanced code completion, debugging, and explanation capabilities.
6 months newer

Qwen2.5-Coder 32B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-09-19

Granite 3.3 8B Base
IBM
2025-04-16
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 7 common benchmarks

Granite 3.3 8B Base

Qwen2.5-Coder 32B Instruct
Granite 3.3 8B Base
2024-04-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Granite 3.3 8B Base

Qwen2.5-Coder 32B Instruct
DeepInfra

Granite 3.3 8B Base

Qwen2.5-Coder 32B Instruct

Granite 3.3 8B Base

Qwen2.5-Coder 32B Instruct
Fireworks
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