IBM Granite·ibm-granite/granite-guardian-4.1-8b
granite guardian 4.1 8b is ModelCap current-board rank #144 with Index 20.4 (Modeled · lineage), from the ModelCap Index as of 9 Sept 2026, 20:46 UTC.
granite guardian 4.1 8b weight access is open weights, from ModelCap classification of published repository metadata as of 9 Sept 2026, 20:46 UTC.
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OpenRouter weekly popularity across the full model catalogue.
Independent providers versus the model's open or closed cohort, weighted by uptime.
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Models within 3 places of #144 on the ModelCap Index.
The same publisher's other current models with a public Index position.
granite guardian 4.1 8b holds ModelCap Index position #144 of 160 ranked language models as of 9 September 2026, with an Index score of 20.4 (interval 3.5–37.3); evidence: modeled · lineage. The Index combines public benchmark boards with published uncertainty; the methodology page explains the weighting.
No live API price is listed for granite guardian 4.1 8b in the current snapshot as of 9 September 2026 because the latest endpoint refresh was unavailable. ModelCap shows a price only when a provider currently lists one.
Open weights (apache-2.0). Downloadable weights are published under an OSI or free-culture license in the current repository metadata. This describes weight availability, not whether the full training stack qualifies as Open Source AI. The repository is ibm-granite/granite-guardian-4.1-8b on Hugging Face.
granite guardian 4.1 8b's Index position rests on the evidence listed on this page; it has no result on the public boards ModelCap tracks as separate leaderboards as of 9 September 2026. The evidence panel names each source and its publication date.
granite guardian 4.1 8b ranks #144 (Index 20.4) and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B ranks #143 (Index 23.5) on the ModelCap Index as of 9 September 2026. The head-to-head page lines up their benchmarks, listed prices, context windows and provider counts side by side.
granite guardian 4.1 8b first appeared in the catalogue on 16 Apr 2026. It is the current version in its family. Rank and price movements since then are recorded on the site's changes feed.