Model Comparison

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct vs Phi-3.5-vision-instruct

Comparing Granite 3.3 8B Instruct and Phi-3.5-vision-instruct across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

No common benchmarks found

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct and Phi-3.5-vision-instruct don't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers
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IBM
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
Input tokens$0.50
Output tokens$0.50
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Microsoft
Phi-3.5-vision-instruct
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

3.8B diff

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct has 3.8B more parameters than Phi-3.5-vision-instruct, making it 90.5% larger.

IBM
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
8.0Bparameters
Microsoft
Phi-3.5-vision-instruct
4.2Bparameters
8.0B
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
4.2B
Phi-3.5-vision-instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Granite 3.3 8B Instruct specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only Granite 3.3 8B Instruct specifies output context (8,192 tokens).

IBM
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
Input128,000 tokens
Output8,192 tokens
Microsoft
Phi-3.5-vision-instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Both Granite 3.3 8B Instruct and Phi-3.5-vision-instruct support multimodal inputs.

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

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Phi-3.5-vision-instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct is licensed under Apache 2.0, while Phi-3.5-vision-instruct uses MIT.

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

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Phi-3.5-vision-instruct

MIT

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct was released on 2025-04-16, while Phi-3.5-vision-instruct was released on 2024-08-23.

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct is 8 months newer than Phi-3.5-vision-instruct.

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct

Apr 16, 2025

1.0 years ago

7mo newer
Phi-3.5-vision-instruct

Aug 23, 2024

1.7 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-04-01, while Phi-3.5-vision-instruct's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Granite 3.3 8B Instruct's training data extends to 2024-04-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Phi-3.5-vision-instruct's cutoff date.

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct

Apr 2024

Phi-3.5-vision-instruct

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Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

IBM
Larger context window (128,000 tokens)
Microsoft

Detailed Comparison

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Feature
IBM
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
Microsoft
Phi-3.5-vision-instruct

FAQ

Common questions about Granite 3.3 8B Instruct vs Phi-3.5-vision-instruct

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct (IBM) and Phi-3.5-vision-instruct (Microsoft) each have strengths in different areas. Compare their benchmark scores, pricing, context windows, and capabilities above to determine which fits your needs.
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct scores HumanEval: 89.7%, AttaQ: 88.5%, HumanEval+: 86.1%, AIME 2024: 81.2%, GSM8k: 80.9%. Phi-3.5-vision-instruct scores ScienceQA: 91.3%, POPE: 86.1%, MMBench: 81.9%, ChartQA: 81.8%, AI2D: 78.1%.
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct supports 128K tokens and Phi-3.5-vision-instruct supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include licensing (Apache 2.0 vs MIT). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct is developed by IBM and Phi-3.5-vision-instruct is developed by Microsoft.