Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Both models show comparable benchmark performance. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
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 3.2 24B Instruct represents a further evolution of the Small model series, developed with continued refinements to instruction-following and task performance. Built to incorporate ongoing improvements, it provides the latest capabilities in Mistral's intermediate-scale offering.
2 months newer

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
IBM
2025-04-16

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct
Mistral AI
2025-06-20
Average performance across 2 common benchmarks

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct
Mistral Small 3.2 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 3.2 24B Instruct

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct