IBM: Granite 4.1 8B
Analysis Summary
IBM Granite 4.1 8B is a small enterprise-focused model from IBM with tool use and function calling support, priced at $0.05/$0.10 per million tokens. Its benchmark scores are modest: reasoning and coding capability are limited, and agentic performance is below the competitive threshold for complex workflows. Instruction following and long-context reliability are also constrained.
For businesses, the model's main appeal is its very low cost and tool use capability, which makes it viable for high-volume, simple automation tasks where answer quality requirements are low. It is not suited to coding assistance, complex document analysis, or customer-facing content where accuracy matters.
At this price point, it competes with other small open-weight models. Teams in the IBM ecosystem may find it a convenient fit for lightweight classification, routing, or structured extraction tasks, but should not rely on it for anything requiring strong reasoning.
Assessed June 30, 2026
Editorial notes
IBM Granite 4.1 8B is a compact, low-cost model with tool use and function calling support, but limited reasoning and coding benchmarks restrict it to simple, high-volume tasks.
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Performance Profile
How IBM: Granite 4.1 8B compares
IBM: Granite 4.1 8B ranks #295 of 385 AI models we track for overall intelligence, #127 of 139 for coding, #151 of 293 for agentic tasks. Its 131K-token context window is larger than 59% of the models we list. At $0.05 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 73% of comparable models.
About IBM: Granite 4.1 8B
Granite 4.1 8B is a dense, decoder-only 8-billion-parameter language model from IBM, part of the Granite 4.1 family. It supports a 131K-token context window and is designed for enterprise tasks..
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Model Information
| OpenRouter ID |
ibm-granite/granite-4.1-8b
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| Provider | ibm-granite |
| Release Date | April 30, 2026 |
| Context Length | 131,072 tokens |
| Max Completion | 131,072 tokens |
| Status | Active |
Pricing
| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.05 | $0.000050 |
| Output | $0.10 | $0.000100 |
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Frequently asked questions about IBM: Granite 4.1 8B
How much does IBM: Granite 4.1 8B cost?
IBM: Granite 4.1 8B costs $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.10 per million output tokens.
What is the context window of IBM: Granite 4.1 8B?
IBM: Granite 4.1 8B has a context window of 131,072 tokens (131K).
Is IBM: Granite 4.1 8B good for coding?
On our coding benchmark index, IBM: Granite 4.1 8B ranks #127 of 139 models, placing it in the broader range of the field for code generation and debugging.
What can IBM: Granite 4.1 8B do?
IBM: Granite 4.1 8B supports tool use and function calling.
Who created IBM: Granite 4.1 8B?
IBM: Granite 4.1 8B is developed by IBM and was released on April 30, 2026.
