Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct leads with 4.5% 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 is a multimodal language model developed by IBM. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 69.8% across 14 benchmarks. It excels particularly in HumanEval (89.7%), AttaQ (88.5%), HumanEval+ (86.1%). As a multimodal model, it can process and understand text, images, and other input formats seamlessly. It's licensed for commercial use, making it suitable for enterprise applications. Released in 2025, it represents IBM's latest advancement in AI technology.
Meta
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is a language model developed by Meta. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 61.3% across 18 benchmarks. It excels particularly in GSM-8K (CoT) (84.5%), ARC-C (83.4%), API-Bank (82.6%). It supports a 262K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 9 API providers. Released in 2024, it represents Meta's latest advancement in AI technology.
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 28 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
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