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. 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.
Microsoft
Phi-3.5 Mini was developed by Microsoft as a small language model designed to deliver impressive performance despite its compact size. Built with efficiency in mind, it demonstrates that capable language understanding and generation can be achieved with fewer parameters, making AI more accessible for edge and resource-constrained deployments.
7 months newer

Phi-3.5-mini-instruct
Microsoft
2024-08-23

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
IBM
2025-04-16
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 6 common benchmarks

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct

Phi-3.5-mini-instruct
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
2024-04-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct

Phi-3.5-mini-instruct
Azure

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct

Phi-3.5-mini-instruct

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct

Phi-3.5-mini-instruct