Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Kimi K2 Instruct leads with 12.6% higher average benchmark score. Granite 3.3 8B Instruct supports multimodal inputs. Overall, Kimi K2 Instruct is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
IBM
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct was created as the instruction-tuned version of the Granite base model, designed to follow instructions reliably in enterprise settings. Built to serve business applications requiring dependable language understanding, it provides IBM's accessible interface for enterprise AI.
Moonshot AI
Kimi K2 Instruct was developed as the instruction-tuned version of Kimi K2, designed to follow user instructions reliably across diverse tasks. Built to serve general-purpose conversational and task-completion applications, it provides Moonshot's accessible interface for language AI.
2 months newer

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
IBM
2025-04-16

Kimi K2 Instruct
Moonshot AI
2025-07-11
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 6 common benchmarks

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct

Kimi K2 Instruct
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
2024-04-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct

Kimi K2 Instruct
Novita

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct

Kimi K2 Instruct

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct

Kimi K2 Instruct