Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct leads with 1.9% higher average benchmark score. Granite 3.3 8B Instruct supports multimodal inputs. Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is available on 9 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
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 8B was developed as an efficient open-source model, designed to bring capable instruction-following to applications with limited computational resources. Built with 8 billion parameters, it provides a lightweight option for developers seeking reliable performance without the overhead of larger models.
8 months newer

Llama 3.1 8B 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 8B Instruct
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
2023-12-31
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
2024-04-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Bedrock

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Cerebras
DeepInfra
Fireworks
Groq
Hyperbolic
Lambda
Sambanova
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