IBM Unveils Granite 3.0 Models, Outperforms Llama 3.1 [Video]

IBM has launched Granite 3.0, the latest generation of its large language models (LLMs) for enterprise applications. The Granite 3.0 collection includes several models, highlighted by the Granite 3.0 8B Instruct, which has been trained on over 12 trillion tokens across multiple languages.

The Granite 3.0 8B Instruct model is intended for enterprise use, demonstrating competitive performance against similar models while excelling in specific business tasks. IBM claims that on academic benchmarks included in Hugging Face’s OpenLLM Leaderboard v2, Granite 3.0 8B Instruct rivals similarly sized models from Meta and Mistral AI.

Fine-tuning options through InstructLab allow organisations to customise models to their needs, potentially reducing costs. All Granite models are released under the Apache 2.0 license, with detailed disclosures of training …