Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct leads with 10.4% higher average benchmark score. Granite 3.3 8B Instruct supports multimodal inputs. Llama 3.1 70B Instruct is available on 9 providers. Overall, Llama 3.1 70B 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.
Meta
Llama 3.1 70B was created as a balanced open-source model, designed to provide strong performance with 70 billion parameters while remaining practical for many deployment scenarios. Built to serve as a versatile foundation for fine-tuning and application development, it combines capability with accessibility in the open-source ecosystem.
8 months newer

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
Meta
2024-07-23

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
IBM
2025-04-16
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 4 common benchmarks

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
2024-04-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
Bedrock

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
Cerebras
DeepInfra
Fireworks
Groq
Hyperbolic
Lambda
Sambanova
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