IBM
Granite open models aimed at enterprise deployment through watsonx.
- Provider rank
- #22
- by best model
- Best index
- 51.3
- Granite 4.2 30B
- Ranked models
- 12
- 10 open weights
- Cheapest ranked
- $0.053/M
- Granite 4.2 3B
Release timeline
Each model’s best configuration by release date. The top eight are labelled; hover any point for its name.
Next release
Over the last two years IBM shipped 5 distinct models, one every 118 days on median. The latest arrived on 25 Aug 2026.
If the cadence holds, the next one lands between 3 Nov 2026 and 6 Feb 2027.
An estimate from past release dates only. It knows nothing about roadmaps or announcements.
Fastest ranked model: Granite 4.2 3B at 215 tok/s.
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Every IBM model with a result, one row per model; switch to all configurations to see each reasoning effort.
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| 1 | Granite 4.2 30BIBMopen ↗ | 51.3±3 | $0.283 | 76 | 27 s | 131k | 2026-08-25 | 2026-09-02 |
| 2 | Granite 4.2 8BIBMopen ↗ | 48.6±3 | $0.108 | 120 | 17 s | 131k | 2026-08-25 | 2026-09-02 |
| 3 | Granite 4.2 3BIBMopen ↗ | 47.6±5 | $0.053 | 215 | 9.75 s | 131k | 2026-08-25 | 2026-09-02 |
| 4 | Granite 4.1 8BIBMopen ↗ | 40.9±5 | $0.063 | 80 | 0.81 s | 131k | 2026-04-29 | 2026-09-08 |
| 5 | Granite 4.1 30BIBM | 40.4±5 | – | – | – | 131k | 2026-04-29 | 2026-04-29 |
| 6 | Granite 4.0 H SmallIBMopen ↗ | 40.3±2 | $0.108 | 22 | 21 s | 128k | 2025-09-22 | – |
| 7 | Granite 4.1 3BIBMopen ↗ | 39.3±4 | – | – | – | 131k | – | – |
| 8 | Granite 4.0 H 1BIBMopen | 38.5±2 | – | – | – | 128k | – | – |
| 9 | Granite 4.0 1BIBMopen | 37.2±4 | – | – | – | 128k | – | – |
| 10 | Granite 4.0 H 350MIBMopen ↗ | 36.5±4 | – | – | – | 33k | – | – |
| 11 | granite-4.0-microIBM | 35.4±3 | – | – | – | 128k | 2025-10-02 | 2025-10-02 · stale |
| 12 | granite-4.0-350mIBM | 32.5±5 | – | – | – | 33k | 2025-10-28 | 2025-10-28 · stale |
| 13 | granite-4.0-1bIBM | – | – | – | – | – | 2025-10-28 | 2025-10-28 · stale |
| 14 | Granite 20B FunctioncallingIBM | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 15 | Granite 3.2 8BIBM | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 16 | Granite 4.0 H MicroIBMopen ↗ | – | $0.041 | 26 | 0.84 s | 131k | – | – |
Latest news
- IBM Releases Granite PatchTST-FM-R2 Zero-Shot Time Series ModelUnite.AI · 9 Sept 2026
- Who controls the machine? Anthropic extends the MCP vision into the physical worldIBM · 4 Sept 2026
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- Introducing the IBM Granite 4.1 family of modelsIBM Research · 29 Apr 2026
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