IBM Granite 3 (8B Instruct)
Granite · ~8B parameters · 4B–12B (mid-size) · Last reviewed 2026-03-20
Why we use it
Enterprise-friendly licensing story and solid general/code balance for regulated industries evaluating IBM stacks.
License summary
Apache 2.0 for many Granite 3.x checkpoints - ideal for enterprises wanting permissive OSS terms; verify each release.
Typical deployment profiles
- VPC, single GPU class
- VPC, multi-GPU
- Datacenter / large clusters
Focus tags
- General
- Code
Typical use cases
- Banking VPC pilots
- Code assistance
- Hybrid cloud deployments