Granite 4 Nano 1B
Granite 4 Nano 1B is IBM's language model. A 1B-parameter ultra-compact LLM from IBM's Granite 4 family, designed for efficient on-device and edge inference.
Capabilities
Input1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
PDF·
Output1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
Embedding·
Capabilities0/13
Reasoning·
Adaptive Reasoning·
Function Calling·
Parallel Function Calling·
Structured Outputs·
Native JSON Schema·
Web Search·
URL Context·
Computer Use·
Code Execution·
File Search·
Prompt Caching·
Assistant Prefill·
Cheapest Instances to Run It
Cloud GPU instances that can host Granite 4 Nano 1B, ranked by cheapest on-demand price. The model needs about 2 GB of GPU memory at FP16 precision (estimated from its parameter count), so treat the fit as guidance rather than a guarantee.
All clouds
FP16 (full precision)
US Dollar ($)
Instance | Cloud | GPU | VRAM | Price | Cheapest region | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| g6f.large |  AWS | L4 | 3 GB | $0.202/hr | us-east-1 | |
| Standard_NV4as_v4 |  Azure | AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 | 16 GB | $0.233/hr | eastus | |
| g6f.xlarge | AWS | L4 | 3 GB | $0.237/hr | us-east-1 | |
Versions
| Version | Released | Context | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granite 4 Nano 1B | — | — | — | — | Current |
| Granite 4 Nano 1B H | — | — | — | — | Available |
Other Models
| Model | Tier | Released | Context | Input / 1M | Output / 1M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granite 4.1 8B | — | 131K | $0.050 | $0.100 | |
| Granite 4 Micro H | Micro | 131K | $0.017 | $0.112 | |
| Granite 4.1 30B | — | — | — | — | — |
| Granite 4.1 3B | — | — | — | — | — |
| Granite 4 350M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Granite 4 350M H | — | — | — | — | — |
| Granite 4 H Micro | — | — | — | — | — |
| Granite 4 H Small | — | — | — | — | — |
| Granite 4 Micro | Micro | — | — | — | — |
| Granite 4 Small H | Small | — | 20K | $0.060 | $0.250 |