Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct leads with 14.0% 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
Ministral 8B was developed as a compact yet capable model from Mistral AI, designed to provide strong instruction-following with just 8 billion parameters. Built for applications requiring efficient deployment while maintaining reliable performance, it represents Mistral's smallest production-ready offering.
6 months newer

Ministral 8B Instruct
Mistral AI
2024-10-16

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

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct

Ministral 8B Instruct
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
2024-04-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct

Ministral 8B Instruct
Mistral AI

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct

Ministral 8B Instruct

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct

Ministral 8B Instruct