Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Granite 3.3 8B Base leads with 1.1% higher average benchmark score. Granite 3.3 8B Base supports multimodal inputs. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
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.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2 72B Instruct is a language model developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 73.6% across 17 benchmarks. It excels particularly in GSM8k (91.1%), CMMLU (90.1%), HellaSwag (87.6%). Released in 2024, it represents Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team's latest advancement in AI technology.
8 months newer
Qwen2 72B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-07-23
Granite 3.3 8B Base
IBM
2025-04-16
Average performance across 30 common benchmarks
Granite 3.3 8B Base
Qwen2 72B Instruct
Granite 3.3 8B Base
2024-04-01
Available providers and their performance metrics
Granite 3.3 8B Base
Qwen2 72B Instruct
Granite 3.3 8B Base
Qwen2 72B Instruct