Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Granite 3.3 8B Base leads with 4.8% higher average benchmark score. Granite 3.3 8B Base supports multimodal inputs. QwQ-32B-Preview is available on 4 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
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
QwQ 32B Preview was introduced as an early access version of the QwQ reasoning model, designed to allow researchers and developers to experiment with advanced analytical capabilities. Built to gather feedback on reasoning-enhanced architecture, it represents an experimental step toward more thoughtful language models.
4 months newer

QwQ-32B-Preview
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-11-28

Granite 3.3 8B Base
IBM
2025-04-16
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 2 common benchmarks

Granite 3.3 8B Base

QwQ-32B-Preview
Granite 3.3 8B Base
2024-04-01
QwQ-32B-Preview
2024-11-28
Available providers and their performance metrics

Granite 3.3 8B Base

QwQ-32B-Preview
DeepInfra

Granite 3.3 8B Base

QwQ-32B-Preview

Granite 3.3 8B Base

QwQ-32B-Preview
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