Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 leads with 13.0% higher average benchmark score. Granite 3.3 8B Base supports multimodal inputs. Overall, Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 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
Qwen3 235B Thinking was developed as a reasoning-enhanced variant, designed to incorporate extended thinking capabilities into the large-scale Qwen3 architecture. Built to combine deliberate analytical processing with mixture-of-experts efficiency, it serves tasks requiring both deep reasoning and computational practicality.
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Granite 3.3 8B Base
IBM
2025-04-16

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2025-07-25
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks

Granite 3.3 8B Base

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507
Granite 3.3 8B Base
2024-04-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Granite 3.3 8B Base

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507
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