Granite 3.3 8B Instruct vs Teuken 7B Instruct
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct (2025) and Teuken 7B Instruct (2024) are compact production models from IBM Research and OpenGPT-X. Granite 3.3 8B Instruct ships a 128k-token context window, while Teuken 7B Instruct ships a 4k-token context window. This comparison covers specs, pricing, API access, capabilities, benchmarks, input and output token costs, and production fit for coding and agent workloads. It focuses on practical selection signals rather than broad model-family marketing.
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct fits 32x more tokens; pick it for long-context work and Teuken 7B Instruct for tighter calls.
Decision scorecard
Local evidence first| Signal | Granite 3.3 8B Instruct | Teuken 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | tool-calling agents and provider-routed production | general production evaluation |
| Decision fit | RAG, Agents, and Long context | General |
| Context window | 128k | 4k |
| Cheapest output | $0.25/1M tokens | - |
| Provider routes | 2 tracked | 1 tracked |
| Shared benchmarks | 0 shared | 0 shared |
Decision tradeoffs
- Granite 3.3 8B Instruct has the larger context window for long prompts, retrieval packs, or transcript analysis.
- Granite 3.3 8B Instruct has broader tracked provider coverage for fallback and route flexibility.
- Granite 3.3 8B Instruct uniquely exposes JSON / Tool use in local model data.
- Local decision data tags Granite 3.3 8B Instruct for RAG, Agents, and Long context.
- Use Teuken 7B Instruct when your own prompt tests beat the comparison signals; the local data does not show a decisive standalone advantage yet.
Monthly cost at traffic
Estimate token spend from the cheapest tracked input and output route or tier on this page.
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
$86.50
Cheapest tracked route/tier: Replicate API
Teuken 7B Instruct
Unavailable
No complete token price in local provider data
Cost delta unavailable until both models have sourced input and output token prices.
Switch friction
- Provider overlap exists on NVIDIA NIM; start route-level A/B tests there.
- Check replacement coverage for JSON / Tool use before moving production traffic.
- Provider overlap exists on NVIDIA NIM; start route-level A/B tests there.
- Granite 3.3 8B Instruct adds JSON / Tool use in local capability data.
Specs
| Specification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2025-03-01 | 2024-10-01 |
| Context window | 128k | 4k |
| Parameters | 8B | 7B |
| Architecture | Decoder Only | Decoder Only |
| License | Apache 2.0OSI-approved | Open Weights |
| Openness | Open source | Open weights |
| Weights | Unknown | Unknown |
| Code | Unknown | Unknown |
| Commercial use | Commercial use: permitted | - |
| Knowledge cutoff | 2024-04 | 2023-09 |
Pricing and availability
| Pricing attribute | Granite 3.3 8B Instruct | Teuken 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Input price | $0.03/1M tokens | - |
| Output price | $0.25/1M tokens | - |
| Providers |
Capabilities
| Capability | Granite 3.3 8B Instruct | Teuken 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Vision | No | No |
| Multimodal | No | No |
| Reasoning | No | No |
| JSON / Tool use | Yes | No |
| Structured outputs | No | No |
| Code execution | No | No |
| IDE integration | No | No |
| Computer use | No | No |
| Parallel agents | No | No |
Benchmarks
No shared benchmark scores are currently available for this pair.
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Last reviewed: 2026-06-29. Data sourced from public model cards and provider documentation.