granite-4.1-8b vs gemma-2-2b-it
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 13 August 2026.
ibm-granite · A · Open weights
Params
8.8 B
Context
131,072
30d
192 K
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | granite-4.1-8b | gemma-2-2b-it |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 8.8 B | 2.6 B |
| Architecture | GraniteForCausalLM | Gemma2ForCausalLM |
| Context length | 131,072 | — |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | gemma |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Conditional |
| Languages | — | — |
| Downloads 30d | 192,200 | 141,350 |
| Downloads all time | 6.1 M | 12.2 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | Yes — accept licence |
| First seen on the Hub | 2026-04-06 | 2024-07-16 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 90 days (13 Aug – 10 Nov)
4.2 M141 K
granite-4.1-8b
gemma-2-2b-it
A overtook B on 30 Oct
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
gemma-2-2b-it · fp16
6.6 GB / 24 GB
granite-4.1-8b · fp16 @ 128K ctx
40.9 GB / 24 GB