Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Nova Micro leads with 6.2% higher average benchmark score. Granite 3.3 8B Instruct supports multimodal inputs. Overall, Nova Micro is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
IBM
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct is a multimodal language model developed by IBM. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 69.8% across 14 benchmarks. It excels particularly in HumanEval (89.7%), AttaQ (88.5%), HumanEval+ (86.1%). As a multimodal model, it can process and understand text, images, and other input formats seamlessly. It's licensed for commercial use, making it suitable for enterprise applications. Released in 2025, it represents IBM's latest advancement in AI technology.
Amazon
Nova Micro is a language model developed by Amazon. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 67.0% across 17 benchmarks. It excels particularly in GSM8k (92.3%), ARC-C (90.2%), Translation Set1→en COMET22 (88.7%). It supports a 256K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 1 API provider. Released in 2024, it represents Amazon's latest advancement in AI technology.
4 months newer
Nova Micro
Amazon
2024-11-20
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
IBM
2025-04-16
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 26 common benchmarks
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
Nova Micro
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
2024-04-01
Available providers and their performance metrics
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
Nova Micro
Bedrock
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
Nova Micro
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
Nova Micro