IBM Granite

12 across 1 category board · 42 without a live endpoint · 38 equivalent routes · 24 superseded · ibm.com/granite

Language ModelCap Index

Language rank	Model	ModelCap Index	Gravity	Context	Input tokens	Output tokens	Released
#186	granite 4.2 30bOpen weights	37.9	15.8	131K	—	—	3 months ago
#253	granite guardian 4.1 8bOpen weights	26.6	13.2	—	—	—	6 months ago
#256	granite 4.2 3bOpen weights	26.0	16.1	131K	—	—	3 months ago
#257	Granite 4.2 8BOpen weights	25.7	29.4	131K	$0.06	$0.25	2 months ago
#262	granite 4.0 h smallOpen weights	24.5	13.1	—	—	—	last year
#301	granite 3.3 8b instructOpen weights	15.1	13.7	—	—	—	last year
#304	granite 3.3 8b math prm v2Open weights	13.9	9.2	—	—	—	10 months ago
#305	granite guardian 3.2 8b factuality detectionOpen weights	13.6	5.8	—	—	—	12 months ago
#307	granite 3.3 2b instructOpen weights	13.3	13.7	—	—	—	last year
#333	granite 3.1 1b a400m instructOpen weights	11.2	11.4	—	—	—	last year
#334	granite 3.1 3b a800m instructOpen weights	11.2	13.6	—	—	—	last year
#337	granite vision 3.2 2bOpen weights	9.2	9.6	—	—	—	last year

No live endpoint

Board status	Model	Gravity	Context	Input tokens	Output tokens	Released
No live endpoint	granite switch 4.1 8bOpen weights Language	14.9	—	—	—	22 days ago
No live endpoint	granite switch 4.1 30bOpen weights Language	14.6	—	—	—	22 days ago
No live endpoint	granite swash 3b a600mOpen weights Language	12.9	—	—	—	4 months ago
No live endpoint	granite swash 2bOpen weights Language	13.1	—	—	—	4 months ago
No live endpoint	granite switch 4.1 3b previewOpen weights Language	11.3	—	—	—	6 months ago
No live endpoint	granite vision 4.1 4bOpen weights Language	15.6	—	—	—	6 months ago
No live endpoint	granite guardian 4.0 3b toxicity jaOpen weights Language	6.5	—	—	—	7 months ago
No live endpoint	granite 4.0 3b visionOpen weights Language	13.6	—	—	—	8 months ago
No live endpoint	granite vision 3.3 2b chart2csv previewOpen weights Language	10.3	—	—	—	9 months ago
No live endpoint	Granite 4.0 MicroOpen weights Language	11.8	131K	—	—	last year
No live endpoint	granite 4.0 350mOpen weights Language	13.0	—	—	—	last year
No live endpoint	granite 4.0 1bOpen weights Language	13.6	—	—	—	last year
No live endpoint	granite 4.0 h 350mOpen weights Language	11.2	—	—	—	last year
No live endpoint	granite 4.0 h 1bOpen weights Language	10.9	—	—	—	last year
No live endpoint	granite 4.0 h tinyOpen weights Language	13.1	—	—	—	last year
No live endpoint	granite docling 258MOpen weights Language	14.0	—	—	—	last year
No live endpoint	granite 4.0 tiny previewOpen weights Language	11.4	—	—	—	last year
No live endpoint	granite 4.0 tiny base previewOpen weights Language	4.6	—	—	—	last year
No live endpoint	GneissWeb.7B ablation model on 350B FineWeb.Edu.seed3Open weights Language	2.2	—	—	—	last year
No live endpoint	GneissWeb.7B ablation model on 350B GneissWeb.seed3Open weights Language	2.0	—	—	—	last year
No live endpoint	GneissWeb.7B ablation model on 350B FineWeb.seed3Open weights Language	2.0	—	—	—	last year
No live endpoint	GneissWeb.7B ablation model on 350B FineWeb.Edu.seed2Open weights Language	2.0	—	—	—	last year
No live endpoint	GneissWeb.7B ablation model on 350B GneissWeb.seed2Open weights Language	2.1	—	—	—	last year
No live endpoint	GneissWeb.7B ablation model on 350B FineWeb.seed2Open weights Language	2.1	—	—	—	last year
No live endpoint	GneissWeb.7B ablation model on 350B FineWeb.Edu.seed1Open weights Language	2.1	—	—	—	last year
No live endpoint	GneissWeb.7B ablation model on 350B GneissWeb.seed1Open weights Language	2.2	—	—	—	last year
No live endpoint	GneissWeb.7B ablation model on 350B FineWeb.seed1Open weights Language	2.4	—	—	—	last year
No live endpoint	granite guardian 3.2 3b a800mOpen weights Language	9.3	—	—	—	last year
No live endpoint	granite guardian 3.2 5bOpen weights Language	9.5	—	—	—	last year
No live endpoint	granite guardian 3.1 2bOpen weights Language	10.0	—	—	—	last year
No live endpoint	granite 8b code instruct 128kOpen weights Language	8.6	—	—	—	2 years ago
No live endpoint	granite 3b code instruct 128kOpen weights Language	7.5	—	—	—	2 years ago
No live endpoint	granite 20b code instruct r1.1Open weights Language	5.0	—	—	—	2 years ago
No live endpoint	granite 20b code base r1.1Open weights Language	3.1	—	—	—	2 years ago
No live endpoint	granite 20b functioncallingOpen weights Language	5.3	—	—	—	2 years ago
No live endpoint	granite 8b code base 128kOpen weights Language	4.9	—	—	—	2 years ago
No live endpoint	granite 3b code base 128kOpen weights Language	4.8	—	—	—	2 years ago
No live endpoint	granite 7b instructOpen weights Language	4.9	—	—	—	2 years ago
No live endpoint	granite 34b code instruct 8kOpen weights Language	6.2	—	—	—	2 years ago
No live endpoint	granite 20b code instruct 8kOpen weights Language	8.2	—	—	—	2 years ago
No live endpoint	granite 34b code base 8kOpen weights Language	5.8	—	—	—	2 years ago
No live endpoint	granite 20b code base 8kOpen weights Language	8.0	—	—	—	2 years ago

Reviewed equivalent routes

Board status	Model	Gravity	Context	Input tokens	Output tokens	Released
Represented by Granite 4.2 8B	granite 4.2 8b nvfp4Open weights Language	12.4	—	—	—	2 months ago
Represented by Granite 4.2 8B	granite 4.2 8b mxfp4Open weights Language	11.9	—	—	—	2 months ago
Represented by Granite 4.2 8B	granite 4.2 8b fp8Open weights Language	13.7	—	—	—	2 months ago
Represented by granite 4.2 3b	granite 4.2 3b nvfp4Open weights Language	11.8	—	—	—	2 months ago
Represented by granite 4.2 3b	granite 4.2 3b mxfp4Open weights Language	11.9	—	—	—	2 months ago
Represented by granite 4.2 3b	granite 4.2 3b fp8Open weights Language	12.4	—	—	—	2 months ago
Represented by granite 4.2 30b	granite 4.2 30b nvfp4Open weights Language	13.4	—	—	—	2 months ago
Represented by granite 4.2 30b	granite 4.2 30b mxfp4Open weights Language	11.5	—	—	—	2 months ago
Represented by granite 4.2 30b	granite 4.2 30b fp8Open weights Language	12.8	—	—	—	2 months ago
Represented by granite 4.1 30b	granite 4.1 30b fp8Open weights Language	9.1	—	—	—	6 months ago
Represented by granite 4.1 8b	granite 4.1 8b fp8Open weights Language	13.1	—	—	—	6 months ago
Represented by granite 4.1 3b	granite 4.1 3b fp8Open weights Language	9.5	—	—	—	6 months ago
Represented by granite 4.1 30b	granite 4.1 30b baseOpen weights Language	9.5	—	—	—	7 months ago
Represented by granite 4.1 8b	granite 4.1 8b baseOpen weights Language	13.7	—	—	—	7 months ago
Represented by granite 4.1 3b	granite 4.1 3b baseOpen weights Language	13.5	—	—	—	7 months ago
Represented by granite 3.3 8b instruct	granite 3.3 8b instruct FP8Open weights Language	9.5	—	—	—	last year
Represented by granite 4.0 350m	granite 4.0 350m baseOpen weights Language	9.5	—	—	—	last year
Represented by granite 4.0 1b	granite 4.0 1b baseOpen weights Language	13.4	—	—	—	last year
Represented by granite 4.0 h 350m	granite 4.0 h 350m baseOpen weights Language	6.7	—	—	—	last year
Represented by granite 4.0 h 1b	granite 4.0 h 1b baseOpen weights Language	7.5	—	—	—	last year
Represented by granite 4.0 h small	granite 4.0 h small FP8Open weights Language	6.7	—	—	—	last year
Represented by granite 4.0 micro	granite 4.0 micro baseOpen weights Language	10.4	—	—	—	last year
Represented by granite 4.0 h tiny	granite 4.0 h tiny baseOpen weights Language	8.5	—	—	—	last year
Represented by Granite 4.0 Micro	granite 4.0 h micro baseOpen weights Language	6.4	—	—	—	last year
Represented by granite docling 258M	granite docling 258M mlxOpen weights Language	10.5	—	—	—	last year
Represented by granite 3.3 8b instruct	granite 3.3 8b baseOpen weights Language	10.2	—	—	—	last year
Represented by granite 3.3 2b instruct	granite 3.3 2b baseOpen weights Language	10.3	—	—	—	last year
Equivalent route	granite 3.1 8b lora intrinsics v0.1Open weights Language	1.2	—	—	—	last year
Equivalent route	granite 3.0 8b lora intrinsics v0.1Open weights Language	1.2	—	—	—	last year
Represented by granite 3.1 1b a400m instruct	granite 3.1 1b a400m baseOpen weights Language	10.3	—	—	—	last year
Represented by granite 3.1 3b a800m instruct	granite 3.1 3b a800m baseOpen weights Language	10.4	—	—	—	last year
Represented by granite 3.1 2b instruct	granite 3.1 2b baseOpen weights Language	8.9	—	—	—	last year
Represented by granite 3.1 8b instruct	granite 3.1 8b baseOpen weights Language	8.3	—	—	—	last year
Represented by granite 3.0 1b a400m instruct	granite 3.0 1b a400m baseOpen weights Language	10.1	—	—	—	2 years ago
Represented by granite 3.0 3b a800m instruct	granite 3.0 3b a800m baseOpen weights Language	8.1	—	—	—	2 years ago
Represented by granite 3.0 8b instruct	granite 3.0 8b baseOpen weights Language	9.6	—	—	—	2 years ago
Represented by granite 3.0 2b instruct	granite 3.0 2b baseOpen weights Language	9.8	—	—	—	2 years ago
Represented by granite 7b instruct	granite 7b baseOpen weights Language	5.2	—	—	—	2 years ago

Superseded versions

Board status	Model	Gravity	Context	Input tokens	Output tokens	Released
Superseded by granite switch 4.1 30b	granite switch 4.1 30b previewOpen weights Language	8.7	—	—	—	6 months ago
Superseded by granite switch 4.1 8b	granite switch 4.1 8b previewOpen weights Language	9.3	—	—	—	6 months ago
Superseded by granite 4.2 30b	granite 4.1 30bOpen weights Language	13.7	—	—	—	7 months ago
Superseded by Granite 4.2 8B	granite 4.1 8bOpen weights Language	15.4	—	—	—	7 months ago
Superseded by granite 4.2 3b	granite 4.1 3bOpen weights Language	16.5	—	—	—	7 months ago
Superseded by Granite 4.0 Micro	granite 4.0 microOpen weights Language	13.2	—	—	—	last year
Superseded by granite guardian 4.1 8b	granite guardian 3.3 8bOpen weights Language	10.2	—	—	—	last year
Superseded by granite 3.3 8b instruct	granite 3.2 8b instructOpen weights Language	13.3	—	—	—	last year
Superseded by granite 3.3 2b instruct	granite 3.2 2b instructOpen weights Language	10.8	—	—	—	last year
Superseded by granite 3.3 8b instruct	granite 3.2 8b instruct previewOpen weights Language	7.6	—	—	—	last year
Superseded by granite vision 3.2 2b	granite vision 3.1 2b previewOpen weights Language	8.7	—	—	—	last year
Superseded by granite guardian 4.1 8b	granite guardian 3.1 8bOpen weights Language	8.5	—	—	—	last year
Superseded by granite 3.3 2b instruct	granite 3.1 2b instructOpen weights Language	12.5	—	—	—	last year
Superseded by granite 3.3 8b instruct	granite 3.1 8b instructOpen weights Language	12.6	—	—	—	last year
Superseded by granite guardian 3.1 2b	granite guardian 3.0 2bOpen weights Language	9.5	—	—	—	2 years ago
Superseded by granite guardian 4.1 8b	granite guardian 3.0 8bOpen weights Language	5.5	—	—	—	2 years ago
Superseded by granite 3.1 1b a400m instruct	granite 3.0 1b a400m instructOpen weights Language	10.7	—	—	—	2 years ago
Superseded by granite 3.1 3b a800m instruct	granite 3.0 3b a800m instructOpen weights Language	9.0	—	—	—	2 years ago
Superseded by granite 3.3 8b instruct	granite 3.0 8b instructOpen weights Language	11.7	—	—	—	2 years ago
Superseded by granite 3.3 2b instruct	granite 3.0 2b instructOpen weights Language	9.7	—	—	—	2 years ago
Superseded by granite 8b code instruct 128k	granite 8b code instruct 4kOpen weights Language	6.1	—	—	—	2 years ago
Superseded by granite 3b code instruct 128k	granite 3b code instruct 2kOpen weights Language	7.8	—	—	—	2 years ago
Superseded by granite 3b code base 128k	granite 3b code base 2kOpen weights Language	12.8	—	—	—	2 years ago
Superseded by granite 8b code base 128k	granite 8b code base 4kOpen weights Language	9.1	—	—	—	2 years ago

IBM Granite models: common questions

How many AI models has IBM Granite released?

ModelCap tracks 78 canonical IBM Granite models as of 6 November 2026: 78 language models (12 with a public ModelCap Index position). Superseded versions and equivalent serving routes stay listed on this page, marked as such.

What is the best IBM Granite model?

granite 4.2 30b is IBM Granite's highest-ranked model as of 6 November 2026, at ModelCap Index position #186 with a score of 37.9, followed by granite guardian 4.1 8b (#253). The table lists every ranked IBM Granite model in Index order.

What is the cheapest IBM Granite model?

Granite 4.2 8B at $0.25 per 1M output tokens ($0.06 per 1M input) as of 6 November 2026, the lowest listed price among IBM Granite's 1 priced language model. Prices are the lowest current provider offer on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Which IBM Granite model has the largest context window?

granite 4.2 30b, with a published context window of 131K tokens. Individual providers can serve less than the published maximum; each model page lists every endpoint's own limit.

Are IBM Granite models open-weight?

78 of 78 tracked IBM Granite models publish downloadable weights (open weights). ModelCap labels weight availability from repository metadata, not whether the training stack is open source; the licence class is shown beside each row.

What is the newest IBM Granite model?

granite switch 4.1 8b, first listed on 14 October 2026. New IBM Granite models appear here as soon as they pass automatic identity checks; the launches page tracks releases across every publisher.