granite-4.1-3b-GGUF
> [!NOTE] > This repository contains models that have been converted to the GGUF format with various quantizations from an IBM Granite .safetensors model. > > Please reference the base model's full model card here: > https://huggingface.co/ibm-granite/granite-4.1-3b
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Can you run it?
Estimated VRAM at 8K context unless noted. Pick your hardware to see the verdict per quantization.
| File | Quant | Size | Est. VRAM | Verdict on RTX 4090 · 24 GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| granite-4.1-3b-Q2_K.gguf | Q2_K | 1.4 GB | 2.0 GB | ✅ Runs comfortably |
| granite-4.1-3b-Q3_K_S.gguf | Q3_K_S | 1.6 GB | 2.2 GB | ✅ Runs comfortably |
| granite-4.1-3b-Q3_K_M.gguf | Q3_K_M | 1.7 GB | 2.4 GB | ✅ Runs comfortably |
| granite-4.1-3b-Q3_K_L.gguf | Q3_K_L | 1.9 GB | 2.6 GB | ✅ Runs comfortably |
| granite-4.1-3b-Q4_0.gguf | Q4_0 | 2.0 GB | 2.7 GB | ✅ Runs comfortably |
| granite-4.1-3b-Q4_K_S.gguf | Q4_K_S | 2.0 GB | 2.7 GB | ✅ Runs comfortably |
| granite-4.1-3b-Q4_K_M.gguf | Q4_K_M | 2.1 GB | 2.8 GB | ✅ Runs comfortably |
| granite-4.1-3b-Q4_1.gguf | Q4_1 | 2.2 GB | 2.9 GB | ✅ Runs comfortably |
Estimate: file size × 1.1 + KV cache at 8K + 0.5 GB overhead. Not a benchmark — how we calculate this.
Run it
copy-paste, exact tags checked against the Hub$ ollama run granite-4-1-3b-gguf # pin the quantization explicitly $ ollama run granite-4-1-3b-gguf-q4_0
$ huggingface-cli download ibm-granite/granite-4.1-3b-GGUF-GGUF \
granite-4.1-3b-Q4_0.gguf --local-dir .
$ llama-cli -m granite-4.1-3b-Q4_0.gguf \
-c 8192 -ngl 99 -t 8 --color
$ curl -s https://aimodelscomparison.com/api/v1/models/granite-4-1-3b-gguf
{
"hf_id": "ibm-granite/granite-4.1-3b-GGUF",
"params_b": null,
"context_length": null,
"license": { "id": "apache-2.0", "commercial": "yes" },
"downloads_30d": 170292,
"vram_estimates": [
{ "quant": "Q2_K", "gb": 2.0 },
{ "quant": "Q3_K_L", "gb": 2.6 }
],
"updated_at": "2026-07-28T18:07:32Z"
}
Specifications
- Licence
- apache-2.0
- First seen on the Hub
- 2026-04-16
- Base model
- granite-4.1-3b
- Training datasets
- undisclosed
- Added to our catalog
- 2026-07-28
Family
Base model and the most-downloaded derivatives in the catalog.
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