LocalClaw/LLM/Granite 4.1 (8B)
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Granite 4.1 (8B)

Catalogue summary: IBM Granite 4.1 long-context instruct model. Apache 2.0, 131K context, tool calling, RAG, code tasks, multilingual dialog and business assistant workflows on normal 8-16 GB machines.

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Public model cardNo public GGUF verified8B2026-04
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LocalClaw verified a public model card for Granite 4.1 (8B) on 2026-09-07, but no public GGUF file in that repository. The catalogue RAM and quantization fields are estimates, not a verified install path.

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Public model card (no GGUF file verified 2026-09-07): ibm-granite/granite-4.1-8bUpstream releasePaper or model cardLicence text
chatcodereasoningstandardgeneral

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Catalogue record

  • Family: granite
  • Parameters: 8B
  • Recommended quantization: Q4_K_M
  • Catalogue minimum RAM: 8 GB
  • Catalogue model size: 5 GB
  • Tags: chat, code, reasoning, standard, general

Practical limits

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Catalogue tags

  • chat
  • code
  • reasoning
  • standard
  • general

Capability profile

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speed
8
quality
8
coding
8
reasoning
8

Technical notes

Developer
IBM Granite Team
License
Apache 2.0
Context window
131,072 tokens
Architecture
8B parameter long-context decoder-only instruct model in the Granite 4.1 family, post-trained with supervised finetuning and reinforcement learning alignment.

Related catalogue entries

Linked mechanically by family, shared tags and nearby RAM tier; this is not a quality ranking.

Granite 3.3 (8B Instruct) 8BGranite 4.2 (8B) 8.8BGranite 4.2 (3B) 3BGranite 4.1 (3B) 3BGranite 4.2 (30B) 29.3BGranite 3.3 (2B Instruct) 2BGranite 3.2 Vision (2B) 2BLFM2.5-8B-A1B 8.3B (1.5B active)

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