Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct supports multimodal inputs. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
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.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base is a language model developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. It's licensed for commercial use, making it suitable for enterprise applications. Released in 2025, it represents Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team's latest advancement in AI technology.
4 months newer
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
IBM
2025-04-16
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2025-09-10
Average performance across 14 common benchmarks
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
2024-04-01
Available providers and their performance metrics
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base