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IBMGranite 3.0 8B

Granite 3.0 8B — IBM's best mid-size model for enterprise use.

chatcoding
8.17B
Parameters
128K
Context length
8
Benchmarks
6
Quantizations
60K
HF downloads
Architecture
Dense
Released
2024-09-25
Layers
40
KV Heads
8
Head Dim
128
Family
granite

Quantization Options

QuantBitsVRAMQuality
Q4_K_M4.895.5 GBgood
Q5_K_S5.576.2 GBgood
Q5_K_M5.76.3 GBgood
Q6_K6.567.2 GBexcellent
Q8_08.59.2 GBlossless
FP161616.8 GBlossless

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Benchmarks (8)

Arena Elo1108
IFEval76.0
HumanEval57.0
MMLU-PRO38.0
BBH34.7
MATH23.8
MUSR16.8
GPQA8.7

Run this model

▸Easiest way to get started·Beginners
DOCS ↗
curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh | sh
$ollama run granite:8b-q4_K_M

Tag may need adjustment — check ollama.com/library/granite for available tags.

▸ SETUP GUIDE
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Auto-setup with fitmyllm CLI

Detects your GPU, recommends the best model, downloads it, and starts chatting — zero config. Benchmarks your speed and contributes anonymous data to improve predictions.

pip install fitmyllmthen run fitmyllmLearn more
Auto-detect GPULive tok/s in chatSpeed benchmarks9 inference engines
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GPUs that can run this model

At Q4_K_M quantization. Sorted by minimum VRAM.

NVIDIA RTX 3050 6GB
6 GB VRAM • 168 GB/s
NVIDIA
$169
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Intel Arc A380
6 GB VRAM • 186 GB/s
INTEL
$129
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPicker
NVIDIA RTX 2060 6GB
6 GB VRAM • 336 GB/s
NVIDIA
$150
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPicker
NVIDIA GTX 1660 SUPER
6 GB VRAM • 336 GB/s
NVIDIA
$150
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPicker
NVIDIA GTX 1660 Ti
6 GB VRAM • 288 GB/s
NVIDIA
$140
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPicker
NVIDIA GTX 1060 6GB
6 GB VRAM • 192 GB/s
NVIDIA
$80
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPicker
NVIDIA Tesla C2070
6 GB VRAM • 143 GB/s
NVIDIA
NVIDIA Tesla C2075
6 GB VRAM • 150 GB/s
NVIDIA
NVIDIA Tesla C2090
6 GB VRAM • 177 GB/s
NVIDIA
NVIDIA Tesla M2070
6 GB VRAM • 150 GB/s
NVIDIA
NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q
6 GB VRAM • 150 GB/s
NVIDIA
NVIDIA Tesla M2075
6 GB VRAM • 150 GB/s
NVIDIA
NVIDIA Tesla M2090
6 GB VRAM • 177 GB/s
NVIDIA
NVIDIA Tesla X2070
6 GB VRAM • 177 GB/s
NVIDIA
NVIDIA Tesla X2090
6 GB VRAM • 177 GB/s
NVIDIA
NVIDIA Tesla K20X
6 GB VRAM • 250 GB/s
NVIDIA
NVIDIA Tesla K20Xm
6 GB VRAM • 250 GB/s
NVIDIA
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
6 GB VRAM • 192 GB/s
NVIDIA
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPicker
NVIDIA
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPicker
NVIDIA
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPicker
NVIDIA
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPicker
NVIDIA
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPicker
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
6 GB VRAM • 192 GB/s
NVIDIA
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPicker
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
6 GB VRAM • 336 GB/s
NVIDIA
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPicker
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
6 GB VRAM • 288 GB/s
NVIDIA
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPicker
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
6 GB VRAM • 336 GB/s
NVIDIA
$140
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPicker
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 TU104
6 GB VRAM • 336 GB/s
NVIDIA
$140
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPicker
AMD Radeon RX 5600 OEM
6 GB VRAM • 288 GB/s
AMD
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPicker
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
6 GB VRAM • 288 GB/s
AMD
$90
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AMD Radeon RX 5600M
6 GB VRAM • 288 GB/s
AMD
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPicker

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Granite 3.0 8B — IBM's best mid-size model for enterprise use.

▸ SPEC SHEET

Granite 3.0 8B — 8.17B Dense.

▸ SPECIFICATIONS
PARAMETERS
8.17B
ARCHITECTURE
Dense Transformer
CONTEXT LENGTH
128K tokens
CAPABILITIES
chat, coding
RELEASE DATE
2024-09-25
PROVIDER
IBM
FAMILY
granite
▸ VRAM REQUIREMENTS
QUANTBPWVRAMQUALITY
Q4_K_M4.895.5 GB94%
Q5_K_S5.576.2 GB96%
Q5_K_M5.76.3 GB96%
Q6_K6.567.2 GB97%
Q8_08.59.2 GB100%
FP161616.8 GB100%
§ 01BENCHMARK SCORES
HumanEval57.0
MMLU-PRO38.0
MATH23.8
IFEval76.0
BBH34.7
GPQA8.7
MUSR16.8
Arena Elo1108.0
§ 03COMPATIBLE GPUs
30 @ Q4_K_M
NVIDIA RTX 3050 6GB
6 GB · 168 GB/s
Intel Arc A380
6 GB · 186 GB/s
NVIDIA RTX 2060 6GB
6 GB · 336 GB/s
NVIDIA GTX 1660 SUPER
6 GB · 336 GB/s
NVIDIA GTX 1660 Ti
6 GB · 288 GB/s
NVIDIA GTX 1060 6GB
6 GB · 192 GB/s
NVIDIA Tesla C2070
6 GB · 143 GB/s
NVIDIA Tesla C2075
6 GB · 150 GB/s
NVIDIA Tesla C2090
6 GB · 177 GB/s
NVIDIA Tesla M2070
6 GB · 150 GB/s
NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q
6 GB · 150 GB/s
NVIDIA Tesla M2075
6 GB · 150 GB/s
NVIDIA Tesla M2090
6 GB · 177 GB/s
NVIDIA Tesla X2070
6 GB · 177 GB/s
NVIDIA Tesla X2090
6 GB · 177 GB/s