Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Nova Micro leads with 9.4% 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 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.
Amazon
Amazon Nova Micro was created as an ultra-compact multimodal model, designed for deployment in resource-constrained environments. Built to bring text and image understanding to edge devices and latency-sensitive applications, it extends Amazon's AI capabilities to minimal footprint scenarios.
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 5 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