Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct leads with 7.0% higher average benchmark score. Granite 3.3 8B Instruct supports multimodal inputs. Mistral NeMo Instruct is available on 2 providers. 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
Mistral Nemo was developed as a mid-sized instruction-tuned model, designed to balance capability with efficiency for practical deployments. Built to serve as a versatile foundation for various applications, it provides reliable performance across general language understanding and generation tasks.
9 months newer

Mistral NeMo Instruct
Mistral AI
2024-07-18

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
IBM
2025-04-16
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 2 common benchmarks

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct

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

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct

Mistral NeMo Instruct

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct

Mistral NeMo Instruct

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct

Mistral NeMo Instruct
Mistral AI