Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct leads with 5.7% higher average benchmark score. Granite 3.3 8B Instruct supports multimodal inputs. Overall, Llama 3.1 Nemotron 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.
NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B was developed by NVIDIA through customization of Meta's Llama 3.1 70B, designed to enhance performance for specific use cases and deployments. Built with NVIDIA's optimizations and fine-tuning expertise, it demonstrates how foundation models can be adapted for specialized applications.
6 months newer

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
NVIDIA
2024-10-01

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
IBM
2025-04-16
Average performance across 3 common benchmarks

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
2023-12-01
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
2024-04-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct