Model Comparison

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct vs Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

Comparing Granite 3.3 8B Instruct and Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

No common benchmarks found

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct and Qwen2.5 VL 72B 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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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

64.0B diff

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct has 64.0B more parameters than Granite 3.3 8B Instruct, making it 800.0% larger.

IBM
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
8.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct
72.0Bparameters
8.0B
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
72.0B
Qwen2.5 VL 72B 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
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Both Granite 3.3 8B Instruct and Qwen2.5 VL 72B 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

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct is licensed under Apache 2.0, while Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct uses tongyi-qianwen.

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

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

tongyi-qianwen

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct was released on 2025-04-16, while Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct was released on 2025-01-26.

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct is 3 months newer than Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct.

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct

Apr 16, 2025

1.0 years ago

2mo newer
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

Jan 26, 2025

1.2 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-04-01, while Qwen2.5 VL 72B 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 Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct's cutoff date.

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct

Apr 2024

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Larger context window (128,000 tokens)
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Detailed Comparison

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Feature
IBM
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

FAQ

Common questions about Granite 3.3 8B Instruct vs Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct (IBM) and Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct (Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team) 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%. Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct scores DocVQA: 96.4%, Android Control Low_EM: 93.7%, ChartQA: 89.5%, OCRBench: 88.5%, AI2D: 88.4%.
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct supports 128K tokens and Qwen2.5 VL 72B 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 tongyi-qianwen). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct is developed by IBM and Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.