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Granite 3.3 8B Base vs Qwen3.8 Flash

Qwen3.8 Flash leads the LLM Stats Score 49.6 to -0.3.

IBM · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Qwen3.8 Flash leads the overall LLM Stats Score 49.6 to -0.3, ranking #16 overall.

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

Choose Granite 3.3 8B Base

  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

Choose Qwen3.8 Flash

  • overall performance matters — it scores 49.6 and ranks #16 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Aug 2026

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Granite 3.3 8B Base
IBM
Qwen3.8 Flash
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
-0.3
#312
49.6
#16
Reasoning
-0.4
#307
49.2
#16
Coding
11.2
#147
36.6
#20
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
— / M
$0.15 / M
Output price
— / M
$0.47 / M
Context window
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1,000,000

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Granite 3.3 8B Base
Qwen3.8 Flash
Math
-0.5#288
32.6#55
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

20 reported for Granite 3.3 8B Base · 22 for Qwen3.8 Flash

No common benchmarks found

Granite 3.3 8B Base and Qwen3.8 Flashdon'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

116.8B diff

Qwen3.8 Flash has 116.8B more parameters than Granite 3.3 8B Base, making it 1430.0% larger.

IBM
Granite 3.3 8B Base
8.2Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3.8 Flash
125.0Bparameters
8.2B
Granite 3.3 8B Base
125.0B
Qwen3.8 Flash

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Qwen3.8 Flash specifies input context (1,000,000 tokens). Only Qwen3.8 Flash specifies output context (131,072 tokens).

IBM
Granite 3.3 8B Base
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3.8 Flash
Input1,000,000 tokens
Output131,072 tokens
Mon Aug 31 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Both Granite 3.3 8B Base and Qwen3.8 Flash support multimodal inputs.

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

Granite 3.3 8B Base

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen3.8 Flash

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Granite 3.3 8B Base is licensed under Apache 2.0, while Qwen3.8 Flash uses a proprietary license.

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

Granite 3.3 8B Base

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Qwen3.8 Flash

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Granite 3.3 8B Base was released on 2025-04-16, while Qwen3.8 Flash was released on 2026-08-26.

Qwen3.8 Flash is 17 months newer than Granite 3.3 8B Base.

Granite 3.3 8B Base

Apr 16, 2025

1.4 years ago

Qwen3.8 Flash

Aug 26, 2026

5 days ago

1.4yr newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Granite 3.3 8B Base has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-04-01, while Qwen3.8 Flash'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 Qwen3.8 Flash's cutoff date.

Granite 3.3 8B Base

Apr 2024

Qwen3.8 Flash

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Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Granite 3.3 8B Base and Qwen3.8 Flash side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Granite 3.3 8B Base
✓ Preferred
Qwen3.8 Flash
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FAQ

Common questions about Granite 3.3 8B Base vs Qwen3.8 Flash.

Which is better, Granite 3.3 8B Base or Qwen3.8 Flash?

Qwen3.8 Flash leads the LLM Stats Score 49.6 to -0.3. Granite 3.3 8B Base is made by IBM and Qwen3.8 Flash is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. 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 Qwen3.8 Flash in benchmarks?

Granite 3.3 8B Base scores HumanEval: 89.7%, AttaQ: 88.5%, HumanEval+: 86.1%, AIME 2024: 81.2%, HellaSwag: 80.1%. Qwen3.8 Flash scores MathVision: 95.7%, LiveCodeBench v6: 91.9%, GPQA: 91.7%, CharXiv-R: 90.6%, RealWorldQA: 88.5%.

What are the context window sizes for Granite 3.3 8B Base and Qwen3.8 Flash?

Granite 3.3 8B Base supports an unknown number of tokens and Qwen3.8 Flash supports 1.0M 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 Qwen3.8 Flash?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (-0.3 vs 49.6), licensing (Apache 2.0 vs Proprietary). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Granite 3.3 8B Base and Qwen3.8 Flash?

Granite 3.3 8B Base is developed by IBM and Qwen3.8 Flash is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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