Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct leads with 11.1% higher average benchmark score. Granite 3.3 8B Instruct supports multimodal inputs. Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is available on 2 providers. Overall, Mistral Small 3 24B 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 Small 24B Instruct was created as the instruction-tuned version of the 24B base model, designed to follow user instructions reliably. Built to serve general-purpose applications requiring moderate capability, it balances performance with deployment practicality.
2 months newer

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
Mistral AI
2025-01-30

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

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
2023-10-01
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
2024-04-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
DeepInfra

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
Mistral AI