Will this model run on your hardware?
Can I run IBM: Granite 4.2 8B locally?
- 8.8B parameters
- context up to 128K
- licence: apache-2.0
- Weights: ibm-granite/granite-4.2-8b · GGUF: ibm-granite/granite-4.2-8b-GGUF
Open this page in a browser to check it against your own GPU or Mac: the tool detects your hardware locally and shows the best quantization that fits, the memory it needs and an estimated speed.
Quantizations and file sizes
| Quantization | GGUF file |
|---|---|
| Q8_0 | 9.3 GB |
| Q6_K | 7.2 GB |
| Q5_K_M | 6.3 GB |
| Q4_K_M | 5.3 GB |
| Q3_K_M | 4.3 GB |
| Q2_K | 3.4 GB |
Run it locally
ollama run hf.co/ibm-granite/granite-4.2-8b-GGUF:Q4_K_M
llama serve -hf ibm-granite/granite-4.2-8b-GGUF:Q4_K_M
LM Studio: open ibm-granite/granite-4.2-8b-GGUF