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Benchmarks & performance
Independent benchmark scores for Granite 4.1 8B, measured by Artificial Analysis. Higher is better.
For the same budget, Granite 4.1 8B delivers 17 times more capability. Open weights also mean you can self-host it and pay nothing per token.
About this model
Granite 4.1 8B is an open-weight AI model by IBM. You can download and self-host it for free; the prices below are hosted-API list prices, tracked hourly, for when you prefer convenience over self-hosting.
Frequently asked questions
What is Granite 4.1 8B?
Granite 4.1 8B is an AI language model from IBM. It is open-weight: you can download it and run it on your own hardware, for free. It scores 6.7 on the Artificial Analysis intelligence index.
Is Granite 4.1 8B free?
The weights are free and open — you can self-host Granite 4.1 8B and pay nothing per token. If you prefer a hosted API, list prices are $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.1 per million output tokens.
What is Granite 4.1 8B good at?
Independent benchmarks from Artificial Analysis give it GPQA 43.3%, Humanity's Last Exam 3.8%, Long Context Reasoning 12%, SciCode 21.8%, IFBench 38.6%, τ²-Bench 27.8%, τ-Bench Banking 3.1%, Terminal-Bench 3.4%, Terminal-Bench Hard 0%. It is particularly used for code generation.
How fast is Granite 4.1 8B?
It generates about 104.8 tokens per second, with a median 0.44s delay before the first token. Measured independently by Artificial Analysis.
Can I self-host Granite 4.1 8B?
Yes. Granite 4.1 8B has open weights, so you can download it and run it on your own GPU or server with tools like Ollama, vLLM or llama.cpp — with no per-token cost.