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Claude Opus 5.5 vs Granite 3.3 8B Base

Claude Opus 5.5 leads the LLM Stats Score 59.7 to -0.5.

Anthropic · IBM · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Claude Opus 5.5 leads the overall LLM Stats Score 59.7 to -0.5, ranking #1 overall.

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

Choose Claude Opus 5.5

  • overall performance matters — it scores 59.7 and ranks #1 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 need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Claude Opus 5.5
Anthropic
Granite 3.3 8B Base
IBM
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
59.7
#1
-0.5
#335
Reasoning
57.8
#1
-0.7
#329
Coding
51.7
#1
11.1
#167
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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—
Input price
$4.00 / M
— / M
Output price
$20.00 / M
— / M
Context window
1,000,000
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Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Claude Opus 5.5
Granite 3.3 8B Base
Math
42.5#5
-0.8#299
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

31 reported for Claude Opus 5.5 · 20 for Granite 3.3 8B Base

No common benchmarks found

Claude Opus 5.5 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

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Claude Opus 5.5 specifies input context (1,000,000 tokens). Only Claude Opus 5.5 specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Anthropic
Claude Opus 5.5
Input1,000,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
IBM
Granite 3.3 8B Base
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Wed Sep 23 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Both Claude Opus 5.5 and Granite 3.3 8B Base support multimodal inputs.

They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.

Claude Opus 5.5

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Granite 3.3 8B Base

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude Opus 5.5 is licensed under a proprietary license, 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.

Claude Opus 5.5

Proprietary

Closed source

Granite 3.3 8B Base

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude Opus 5.5 was released on 2026-09-22, while Granite 3.3 8B Base was released on 2025-04-16.

Claude Opus 5.5 is 17 months newer than Granite 3.3 8B Base.

Claude Opus 5.5

Sep 22, 2026

0 days ago

1.4yr newer
Granite 3.3 8B Base

Apr 16, 2025

1.4 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Claude Opus 5.5 has a knowledge cutoff of 2026-06-01, while Granite 3.3 8B Base has a cutoff of 2024-04-01.

Claude Opus 5.5 has more recent training data (up to 2026-06-01), making it potentially better informed about events through that date compared to Granite 3.3 8B Base (2024-04-01).

Claude Opus 5.5

Jun 2026

2.2 yr newer
Granite 3.3 8B Base

Apr 2024

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Claude Opus 5.5 and Granite 3.3 8B Base side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Claude Opus 5.5
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FAQ

Common questions about Claude Opus 5.5 vs Granite 3.3 8B Base.

Which is better, Claude Opus 5.5 or Granite 3.3 8B Base?

Claude Opus 5.5 leads the LLM Stats Score 59.7 to -0.5. Claude Opus 5.5 is made by Anthropic 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 Claude Opus 5.5 compare to Granite 3.3 8B Base in benchmarks?

Claude Opus 5.5 scores BenchCAD (with Python tool): 96.2%, Global-MMLU: 94.3%, SWE-bench Multilingual: 93.9%, MILU: 93.1%, ArXivMath: 91.2%. 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 context window sizes for Claude Opus 5.5 and Granite 3.3 8B Base?

Claude Opus 5.5 supports 1.0M tokens and Granite 3.3 8B Base supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Claude Opus 5.5 and Granite 3.3 8B Base?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (59.7 vs -0.5), licensing (Proprietary vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Claude Opus 5.5 and Granite 3.3 8B Base?

Claude Opus 5.5 is developed by Anthropic and Granite 3.3 8B Base is developed by IBM.

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