Granite 4.1 8B
Granite 4.1 8B is IBM's language model with a 131K context window, starting at $0.05 / 1M input and $0.1 / 1M output. An 8B-parameter enterprise LLM in IBM's Granite 4.1 series, balancing capability and efficiency for a wide range of business and coding tasks.
Capabilities
Input1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
PDF·
Output1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
Embedding·
Capabilities3/13
Reasoning·
Adaptive Reasoning·
Function Calling✓
Parallel Function Calling·
Structured Outputs✓
Native JSON Schema✓
Web Search·
URL Context·
Computer Use·
Code Execution·
File Search·
Prompt Caching·
Assistant Prefill·
Pricing by Provider
US Dollar ($)
Per 1M tokens
| Provider | Standard | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Input $ / 1M | Output $ / 1M | Cache Read $ / 1M | |
| $0.05 | $0.1 | $0.05 | |
Cost Calculator
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Cheapest Instances to Run It
Cloud GPU instances that can host Granite 4.1 8B, ranked by cheapest on-demand price. The model needs about 19 GB of GPU memory at FP16 precision (estimated from its parameter count), so treat the fit as guidance rather than a guarantee.
All clouds
FP16 (full precision)
US Dollar ($)
Instance | Cloud | GPU | VRAM | Price | Cheapest region | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| g2-standard-4 |  GCP | nvidia-l4 | 24 GB | $0.705/hr | us-east4 | |
| g6.xlarge |  AWS | L4 | 22 GB | $0.805/hr | us-east-1 | |
| g2-standard-8 | GCP | nvidia-l4 | 24 GB | $0.851/hr | us-east4 | |
Versions
| Version | Released | Context | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granite 4.1 8B | 131K | $0.050 | $0.100 | Current | |
| Granite 4 Micro H | 131K | $0.017 | $0.112 | Available | |
| Granite 4.1 30B | — | — | — | — | Available |
| Granite 4 Small H | — | 20K | $0.060 | $0.250 | Available |
| Granite 4.1 3B | — | — | — | — | Available |
| Granite 4 Nano 1B H | — | — | — | — | Available |
| Granite 4 Micro | — | — | — | — | Available |
| Granite 4 Nano 1B | — | — | — | — | Available |
| Granite 4 350M | — | — | — | — | Available |
| Granite 4 350M H | — | — | — | — | Available |
| Granite 4 H Micro | — | — | — | — | Available |