Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct leads with 10.5% higher average benchmark score. Granite 3.3 8B Instruct supports multimodal inputs. Overall, Granite 3.3 8B 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.
Mistral AI
Magistral Small was created as an efficient reasoning-focused variant, designed to bring analytical capabilities to applications with tighter resource constraints. Built to balance problem-solving depth with practical deployment needs, it extends reasoning-enhanced AI to broader use cases.
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Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
IBM
2025-04-16

Magistral Small 2506
Mistral AI
2025-06-10
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct

Magistral Small 2506
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
2024-04-01
Magistral Small 2506
2025-06-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct

Magistral Small 2506

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct

Magistral Small 2506