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granite 3.3 8b instruct vs HARC Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

granite 3.3 8b instruct (IBM Granite) and HARC Llama 3.1 8B Instruct (Microsoft) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 22 September 2026

As of 22 September 2026, granite 3.3 8b instruct holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#221 vs #230); and granite 3.3 8b instruct ships open weights.

Which should you choose?

Choose granite 3.3 8b instruct if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #221 against #230 (8.7 vs 7.6 points).
  • you want to self-host: granite 3.3 8b instruct ships open weights while HARC Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is restricted license.

Choose HARC Llama 3.1 8B Instruct if…

  • you want the more recently listed model — HARC Llama 3.1 8B Instruct was listed 2 July 2026, granite 3.3 8b instruct 9 April 2025.

granite 3.3 8b instruct vs HARC Llama 3.1 8B Instruct: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of granite 3.3 8b instruct and HARC Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Fieldgranite 3.3 8b instructIBM GraniteHARC Llama 3.1 8B InstructMicrosoft
ModelCap Index position#221#230
Index score8.77.6
EvidenceEstimatedInherited
Input price / 1M tokensUnlistedUnlisted
Output price / 1M tokensUnlistedUnlisted
Context window— tokens— tokens
Max output tokens——
API providers listed00
Weight accessOpen weightsRestricted license
Input modalitiesTextText
First listed9 April 20252 July 2026
PublisherIBM GraniteMicrosoft

Evidence: publisher-corpus-prior over 203 held-out anchors (8%); opens above measured predecessor ibm-granite/granite-3.1-8b-instruct on same-family ordering evidence (30%); launch card against 5 resolved peers on 5 rows (62%); exceeds every named peer on 2 of 5 rows; optimism haircut 1.61 from cross-lab-probe; shrunk 0.8 up toward the measured corpus · merge of meta-llama/llama-3.1-8b-instruct · merge (100%). Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: granite 3.3 8b instruct vs HARC Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Public benchmark boards where granite 3.3 8b instruct or HARC Llama 3.1 8B Instruct has a published result
Boardgranite 3.3 8b instructHARC Llama 3.1 8B InstructLeads
AA τ²-Bench TelecomArtificial Analysis10.5%tau2:telecom:dual-control:pass-at-1:3-repeats:source-model="Granite 3.3 8B (Non-reasoning)":reasoning=false—Only one result
AA Humanity's Last ExamArtificial Analysis4.2%hle:may-2025:text-only-2158:no-tools:pass-at-1:source-model="Granite 3.3 8B (Non-reasoning)":reasoning=false—Only one result

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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granite 3.3 8b instruct vs HARC Llama 3.1 8B Instruct: common questions

Is granite 3.3 8b instruct better than HARC Llama 3.1 8B Instruct?

granite 3.3 8b instruct ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 22 September 2026: #221 against #230. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it. Their published uncertainty intervals overlap, so the rank difference alone does not establish a reliable capability advantage for your workload.

Is granite 3.3 8b instruct cheaper than HARC Llama 3.1 8B Instruct?

At least one of the two has no listed API price on ModelCap right now, so no price comparison is made.

Which has the bigger context window, granite 3.3 8b instruct or HARC Llama 3.1 8B Instruct?

Both publish a —-token context window.

Which is better for coding, granite 3.3 8b instruct or HARC Llama 3.1 8B Instruct?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are granite 3.3 8b instruct and HARC Llama 3.1 8B Instruct open-weight models?

granite 3.3 8b instruct: Open weights. HARC Llama 3.1 8B Instruct: Restricted license. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run granite 3.3 8b instruct and HARC Llama 3.1 8B Instruct?

ModelCap currently lists 0 API providers for granite 3.3 8b instruct and 0 for HARC Llama 3.1 8B Instruct, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this granite 3.3 8b instruct vs HARC Llama 3.1 8B Instruct comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 22 September 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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