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Atria Dawn Preview vs Granite 3.3 8B Base

Atria Dawn Preview leads the LLM Stats Score 52.3 to -0.5.

Shanghai AI Laboratory · IBM · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Atria Dawn Preview leads the overall LLM Stats Score 52.3 to -0.5, ranking #10 overall.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Atria Dawn Preview

  • overall performance matters — it scores 52.3 and ranks #10 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2026

Choose Granite 3.3 8B Base

  • you are already invested in the IBM ecosystem

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Atria Dawn Preview
Shanghai AI Laboratory
Granite 3.3 8B Base
IBM
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
52.3
#10
-0.5
#329
Reasoning
50.5
#12
-0.7
#323
Coding
36.2
#22
11.1
#161
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
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Output price
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Context window
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Individual benchmarks

12 reported for Atria Dawn Preview · 20 for Granite 3.3 8B Base

No common benchmarks found

Atria Dawn Preview and Granite 3.3 8B Basedon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

735.8B diff

Atria Dawn Preview has 735.8B more parameters than Granite 3.3 8B Base, making it 9006.5% larger.

Shanghai AI Laboratory
Atria Dawn Preview
744.0Bparameters
IBM
Granite 3.3 8B Base
8.2Bparameters
744.0B
Atria Dawn Preview
8.2B
Granite 3.3 8B Base

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Granite 3.3 8B Base supports multimodal inputs, whereas Atria Dawn Preview does not.

Granite 3.3 8B Base can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Atria Dawn Preview

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Granite 3.3 8B Base

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Atria Dawn Preview is licensed under MIT, while Granite 3.3 8B Base uses Apache 2.0.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Atria Dawn Preview

MIT

Open weights

Granite 3.3 8B Base

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Atria Dawn Preview was released on 2026-09-11, while Granite 3.3 8B Base was released on 2025-04-16.

Atria Dawn Preview is 17 months newer than Granite 3.3 8B Base.

Atria Dawn Preview

Sep 11, 2026

5 days ago

1.4yr newer
Granite 3.3 8B Base

Apr 16, 2025

1.4 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Granite 3.3 8B Base has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-04-01, while Atria Dawn Preview's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Granite 3.3 8B Base's training data extends to 2024-04-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Atria Dawn Preview's cutoff date.

Atria Dawn Preview

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Granite 3.3 8B Base

Apr 2024

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Atria Dawn Preview and Granite 3.3 8B Base side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

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FAQ

Common questions about Atria Dawn Preview vs Granite 3.3 8B Base.

Which is better, Atria Dawn Preview or Granite 3.3 8B Base?

Atria Dawn Preview leads the LLM Stats Score 52.3 to -0.5. Atria Dawn Preview is made by Shanghai AI Laboratory and Granite 3.3 8B Base is made by IBM. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Atria Dawn Preview compare to Granite 3.3 8B Base in benchmarks?

Atria Dawn Preview scores DeepSearchQA: 96.0%, BrowseComp: 92.5%, CyberGym: 86.5%, MLE-Bench Lite: 86.2%, WideSearch: 81.9%. Granite 3.3 8B Base scores HumanEval: 89.7%, AttaQ: 88.5%, HumanEval+: 86.1%, AIME 2024: 81.2%, HellaSwag: 80.1%.

What are the main differences between Atria Dawn Preview and Granite 3.3 8B Base?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (52.3 vs -0.5), multimodal support (no vs yes), licensing (MIT vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Atria Dawn Preview and Granite 3.3 8B Base?

Atria Dawn Preview is developed by Shanghai AI Laboratory and Granite 3.3 8B Base is developed by IBM.

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