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Granite 3.3 8B Base vs Mistral NeMo Instruct

Granite 3.3 8B Base and Mistral NeMo Instruct are closely matched at -0.5 and -4.7 on the LLM Stats Score.

IBM · Mistral AI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Granite 3.3 8B Base and Mistral NeMo Instruct are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at -0.5 and -4.7.

In the 5 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Mistral NeMo Instruct wins 3; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.

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

Choose Granite 3.3 8B Base

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Apr 2025

Choose Mistral NeMo Instruct

  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 3 of 5 exact shared results

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Granite 3.3 8B Base
IBM
Mistral NeMo Instruct
Mistral AI
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
-0.5
#327
-4.7
#351
Reasoning
-0.6
#321
-4.9
#343
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
2 of 5
3 of 5
Input price
— / M
$0.02 / M
Output price
— / M
$0.03 / M
Context window
—
131,072

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

2 shared
Index
Granite 3.3 8B Base
Mistral NeMo Instruct
Finance
-7.2#218
-8.1#221
Legal
-6.0#200
-8.1#204
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

20 reported for Granite 3.3 8B Base · 8 for Mistral NeMo Instruct

5 shared

Granite 3.3 8B Base outperforms in 2 benchmarks (TriviaQA, TruthfulQA), while Mistral NeMo Instruct is better at 3 benchmarks (HellaSwag, MMLU, Winogrande).

Mistral NeMo Instruct has a slight edge in benchmark performance.

Thu Sep 10 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

3.8B diff

Mistral NeMo Instruct has 3.8B more parameters than Granite 3.3 8B Base, making it 46.9% larger.

IBM
Granite 3.3 8B Base
8.2Bparameters
Mistral AI
Mistral NeMo Instruct
12.0Bparameters
8.2B
Granite 3.3 8B Base
12.0B
Mistral NeMo Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Mistral NeMo Instruct specifies input context (131,072 tokens). Only Mistral NeMo Instruct specifies output context (131,072 tokens).

IBM
Granite 3.3 8B Base
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Mistral AI
Mistral NeMo Instruct
Input131,072 tokens
Output131,072 tokens
Thu Sep 10 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Granite 3.3 8B Base supports multimodal inputs, whereas Mistral NeMo Instruct does not.

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

Granite 3.3 8B Base

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Mistral NeMo Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Both models are licensed under Apache 2.0.

Both models share the same licensing terms, providing consistent usage rights.

Granite 3.3 8B Base

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Mistral NeMo Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Granite 3.3 8B Base was released on 2025-04-16, while Mistral NeMo Instruct was released on 2024-07-18.

Granite 3.3 8B Base is 9 months newer than Mistral NeMo Instruct.

Granite 3.3 8B Base

Apr 16, 2025

1.4 years ago

9mo newer
Mistral NeMo Instruct

Jul 18, 2024

2.1 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Granite 3.3 8B Base has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-04-01, while Mistral NeMo Instruct'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 Mistral NeMo Instruct's cutoff date.

Granite 3.3 8B Base

Apr 2024

Mistral NeMo Instruct

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Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Granite 3.3 8B Base and Mistral NeMo Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

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FAQ

Common questions about Granite 3.3 8B Base vs Mistral NeMo Instruct.

Which is better, Granite 3.3 8B Base or Mistral NeMo Instruct?

Granite 3.3 8B Base and Mistral NeMo Instruct are closely matched on the LLM Stats Score at -0.5 and -4.7. Granite 3.3 8B Base is made by IBM and Mistral NeMo Instruct is made by Mistral AI. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Granite 3.3 8B Base compare to Mistral NeMo Instruct in benchmarks?

Granite 3.3 8B Base scores HumanEval: 89.7%, AttaQ: 88.5%, HumanEval+: 86.1%, AIME 2024: 81.2%, HellaSwag: 80.1%. Mistral NeMo Instruct scores HellaSwag: 83.5%, Winogrande: 76.8%, TriviaQA: 73.8%, CommonSenseQA: 70.4%, MMLU: 68.0%.

What are the context window sizes for Granite 3.3 8B Base and Mistral NeMo Instruct?

Granite 3.3 8B Base supports an unknown number of tokens and Mistral NeMo Instruct supports 131K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Granite 3.3 8B Base and Mistral NeMo Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (-0.5 vs -4.7), multimodal support (yes vs no). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Granite 3.3 8B Base and Mistral NeMo Instruct?

Granite 3.3 8B Base is developed by IBM and Mistral NeMo Instruct is developed by Mistral AI.

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