Granite 4.1 8B
DeprecatedGranite 4.1 8B is IBM's language model with a 131K context window and up to 118K output tokens, starting at $0.05 / 1M input and $0.1 / 1M output. An 8B-parameter enterprise LLM in IBM's Granite 4.1 series, balancing capability and efficiency for a wide range of business and coding tasks.
| Benchmarks | |
|---|---|
| Intelligence Index | #449 |
| Coding Index | #194 |
| GPQA | #430 |
| HLE | #500 |
| IFBench | #277 |
| Time to First Token | #166 |
| SciCode | #427 |
| LCR | #388 |
| TerminalBench Hard | #387 |
| TAU2 | #275 |
| Output TPS | #404 |
Capabilities
Input1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
PDF·
Output1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
Embedding·
Capabilities3/13
Reasoning·
Adaptive Reasoning·
Function Calling✓
Parallel Function Calling·
Structured Outputs✓
Native JSON Schema✓
Web Search·
URL Context·
Computer Use·
Code Execution·
File Search·
Prompt Caching·
Assistant Prefill·
Pricing by Provider
US Dollar ($)
Per 1M tokens
| Provider | Standard | |
|---|---|---|
| Input $ / 1M | Output $ / 1M | |
| $0.05 | $0.1 | |
Cost Calculator
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Cheapest Instances to Run It
Cloud GPU instances that can host Granite 4.1 8B, ranked by cheapest on-demand price. The model needs about 19 GB of GPU memory at FP16 precision (estimated from its parameter count), so treat the fit as guidance rather than a guarantee.
All clouds
FP16 (full precision)
US Dollar ($)
Instance | Cloud | GPU | VRAM | Price | Cheapest region | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| g2-standard-4 |  GCP | nvidia-l4 | 24 GB | $0.705/hr | ||
| g6.xlarge |  AWS | L4 | 22 GB | $0.805/hr | ||
| g2-standard-8 | GCP | nvidia-l4 | 24 GB | $0.851/hr | ||
Versions
| Version | Released | Context | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granite 4.2 8B | 131K | $0.060 | $0.150 | Available | |
| Granite 4.1 8B | 131K | $0.050 | $0.100 | Current | |
| Granite 4 Micro H | 131K | $0.017 | $0.112 | Available | |
| Granite 4.2 30B | — | 131K | — | — | Available |
| Granite 4.2 3B | — | 131K | — | — | Available |
| Granite 4.1 30B | — | — | — | — | Available |
| Granite 4 Small H | — | 131K | $0.064 | $0.265 | Available |
| Granite 4.1 3B | — | — | — | — | Available |
| Granite 4 Nano 1B H | — | — | — | — | Available |
| Granite 4 Micro | — | — | — | — | Available |
| Granite 4 Nano 1B | — | — | — | — | Available |