Granite Guardian 3.3 8B
Granite Guardian 3.3 8B is IBM's language model with a 8K context window and up to 8K output tokens, starting at $0.2 / 1M input and $0.2 / 1M output. An 8B-parameter safety-focused LLM from IBM's Granite Guardian series for content moderation and risk detection in enterprise deployments.
Capabilities
Input1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
PDF·
Output1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
Embedding·
Capabilities0/13
Reasoning·
Adaptive Reasoning·
Function Calling·
Parallel Function Calling·
Structured Outputs·
Native JSON Schema·
Web Search·
URL Context·
Computer Use·
Code Execution·
File Search·
Prompt Caching·
Assistant Prefill·
Pricing by Provider
US Dollar ($)
Per 1M tokens
| Provider | Standard | |
|---|---|---|
| Input $ / 1M | Output $ / 1M | |
| $0.2 | $0.2 | |
Cost Calculator
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Cheapest Instances to Run It
Cloud GPU instances that can host Granite Guardian 3.3 8B, ranked by cheapest on-demand price. The model needs about 19 GB of GPU memory at FP16 precision (estimated from its parameter count), so treat the fit as guidance rather than a guarantee.
All clouds
FP16 (full precision)
US Dollar ($)
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 | Available | |
| 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 Guardian 3.3 8B | — | 8K | $0.200 | $0.200 | Current |