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IBMGranite 3.1 2B

Granite 3.1 2B — improved reasoning and safety over 3.0.

chatcoding
2.53B
Parameters
128K
Context length
4
Benchmarks
6
Quantizations
30K
HF downloads
Architecture
Dense
Released
2024-12-16
Layers
40
KV Heads
8
Head Dim
64
Family
granite

Quantization Options

Context length:
QuantBitsVRAM @ 16KQuality
Q4_K_M4.89
3.0 GB
2.0 + 0.9 KV
good
Q5_K_S5.57
3.2 GB
2.3 + 0.9 KV
good
Q5_K_M5.7
3.2 GB
2.3 + 0.9 KV
good
Q6_K6.56
3.5 GB
2.6 + 0.9 KV
excellent
Q8_08.5
4.1 GB
3.2 + 0.9 KV
lossless
FP1616
6.5 GB
5.5 + 0.9 KV
lossless

Select your GPU above to see speed estimates and compatibility for each quantization.

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Benchmarks (4)

Arena Elo1135
IFEval58.0
HumanEval35.0
BigCodeBench20.5

Run this model

▸Easiest way to get started·Beginners
DOCS ↗
curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh | sh
$ollama run granite3.1-dense:2b-instruct-q4_K_M

Downloads and runs automatically. Add --verbose for speed stats.

▸ 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
HuggingFaceOllama LibraryGGUF DownloadsBuild Hardware

GPUs that can run this model

At Q4_K_M quantization. Sorted by minimum VRAM.

NVIDIA Quadro 5000
3 GB VRAM • 120 GB/s
NVIDIA
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NVIDIA Quadro 5000 SDI
3 GB VRAM • 120 GB/s
NVIDIA
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NVIDIA Tesla C2050
3 GB VRAM • 144 GB/s
NVIDIA
NVIDIA Tesla M2050
3 GB VRAM • 148 GB/s
NVIDIA
NVIDIA Tesla S2050
3 GB VRAM • 148 GB/s
NVIDIA
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670MX
3 GB VRAM • 67 GB/s
NVIDIA
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPicker
AMD Radeon HD 7950
3 GB VRAM • 240 GB/s
AMD
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AMD Radeon HD 7950 Boost
3 GB VRAM • 240 GB/s
AMD
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPicker
AMD Radeon HD 7950 Monica BIOS 1
3 GB VRAM • 240 GB/s
AMD
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPicker
AMD Radeon HD 7950 Monica BIOS 2
3 GB VRAM • 240 GB/s
AMD
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPicker
AMD Radeon HD 7970
3 GB VRAM • 264 GB/s
AMD
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPicker
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
3 GB VRAM • 288 GB/s
AMD
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPicker
AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
3 GB VRAM • 264 GB/s
AMD
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M
3 GB VRAM • 96 GB/s
NVIDIA
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780
3 GB VRAM • 288 GB/s
NVIDIA
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2
3 GB VRAM • 288 GB/s
NVIDIA
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPicker
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti
3 GB VRAM • 337 GB/s
NVIDIA
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPicker
AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition
3 GB VRAM • 240 GB/s
AMD
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPicker
AMD Radeon HD 7990
3 GB VRAM • 288 GB/s
AMD
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AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM
3 GB VRAM • 240 GB/s
AMD
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AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM
3 GB VRAM • 264 GB/s
AMD
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AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM
3 GB VRAM • 288 GB/s
AMD
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPicker
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
3 GB VRAM • 120 GB/s
NVIDIA
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPicker
AMD Radeon R9 280
3 GB VRAM • 240 GB/s
AMD
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPicker
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
3 GB VRAM • 192 GB/s
NVIDIA
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NVIDIA
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NVIDIA P106-090
3 GB VRAM • 192 GB/s
NVIDIA
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
3 GB VRAM • 84 GB/s
NVIDIA
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AMD Radeon RX 5300M
3 GB VRAM • 168 GB/s
AMD
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPicker
AMD Radeon RX 5300 OEM
3 GB VRAM • 168 GB/s
AMD
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPicker

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Granite 3.1 2B — improved reasoning and safety over 3.0.

▸ SPEC SHEET

Granite 3.1 2B — 2.53B Dense.

▸ SPECIFICATIONS
PARAMETERS
2.53B
ARCHITECTURE
Dense Transformer
CONTEXT LENGTH
128K tokens
CAPABILITIES
chat, coding
RELEASE DATE
2024-12-16
PROVIDER
IBM
FAMILY
granite
▸ VRAM REQUIREMENTS
QUANTBPWVRAMQUALITY
Q4_K_M4.892.0 GB94%
Q5_K_S5.572.3 GB96%
Q5_K_M5.72.3 GB96%
Q6_K6.562.6 GB97%
Q8_08.53.2 GB100%
FP16165.5 GB100%
§ 01BENCHMARK SCORES
HumanEval35.0
IFEval58.0
BigCodeBench20.5
Arena Elo1135.0
§ 02RUN COMMAND

Run Granite 3.1 2B locally with Ollama — needs 2.0 GB VRAM at Q4_K_M:

$ollama run granite3.1-dense:2b
§ 03COMPATIBLE GPUs
30 @ Q4_K_M
NVIDIA Quadro 5000
3 GB · 120 GB/s
NVIDIA Quadro 5000 SDI
3 GB · 120 GB/s
NVIDIA Tesla C2050
3 GB · 144 GB/s
NVIDIA Tesla M2050
3 GB · 148 GB/s
NVIDIA Tesla S2050
3 GB · 148 GB/s
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670MX
3 GB · 67 GB/s
AMD Radeon HD 7950
3 GB · 240 GB/s
AMD Radeon HD 7950 Boost
3 GB · 240 GB/s
AMD Radeon HD 7950 Monica BIOS 1
3 GB · 240 GB/s
AMD Radeon HD 7950 Monica BIOS 2
3 GB · 240 GB/s
AMD Radeon HD 7970
3 GB · 264 GB/s
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
3 GB · 288 GB/s
AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
3 GB · 264 GB/s
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M
3 GB · 96 GB/s
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780
3 GB · 288 GB/s