Granite 4.1 8B Intelligence, Performance & Price Analysis
Model summary
Intelligence
Speed
Input Price
USD per 1M tokens
Output Price
Verbosity
Granite 4.1 8B is above average in intelligence and reasonably priced when comparing to other open weight non-reasoning models of similar size. It's also faster than average and highly concise. The model supports text input, outputs text, and has a 131k tokens context window.
Granite 4.1 8B scores 12 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it above average among comparable models (averaging 12). When evaluating the Intelligence Index, it generated 4.0M tokens, which is very concise in comparison to the average of 11M.
Pricing for Granite 4.1 8B is $0.05 per 1M input tokens (moderately priced, average: $0.05) and $0.10 per 1M output tokens (moderately priced, average: $0.19). In total, it cost $7.48 to evaluate Granite 4.1 8B on the Intelligence Index.
At 118 tokens per second, Granite 4.1 8B is faster than average (94).
| Reasoning | No This page shows the non-reasoning version of this model. A reasoning variant may also exist. |
|---|---|
| Input modality | Supports: text |
| Output modality | Supports: text |
| Context window | 131k ~197 A4 pages of size 12 Arial font |
| Total parameters | 8B |
| License | Apache 2.0 |
| Model weights | Hugging Face |
Metrics are compared against models of the same class:
- Non-reasoning models → compared only with other non-reasoning models
- Reasoning models → compared across both reasoning and non-reasoning
- Open weights models → compared only with other open weights models of the same size class:
- Tiny: ≤4B parameters
- Small: 4B–40B parameters
- Medium: 40B–150B parameters
- Large: >150B parameters
- Proprietary models → compared across proprietary and open weights models of the same price range, using a blended 3:1 input/output price ratio:
- <$0.15 per 1M tokens
- $0.15–$1 per 1M tokens
- >$1 per 1M tokens
Highlights
Intelligence
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index by Open Weights / Proprietary
Intelligence Evaluations
Agentic real-world work tasks, (ELO-500)/2000
Agentic coding & terminal use
Agentic tool use
Long context reasoning
Knowledge
1 - hallucination rate
Reasoning & knowledge
Scientific reasoning
Coding
Instruction following
Physics reasoning
Long-horizon agentic tasks
Visual reasoning
Openness
Artificial Analysis Openness Index: Results
Intelligence Index Comparisons
Intelligence vs. Price
Intelligence Index Token Use & Cost
Output Tokens Used to Run Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
Cost to Run Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
Context Window
Context Window
Pricing
Pricing now includes a “Cache Hit Price” alongside Input and Output pricing, with new blend ratios.
Pricing: Cache Hit, Input, and Output
Speed
Measured by Output Speed (tokens per second)
Output Speed
Output Speed vs. Price
Latency
Measured by Time (seconds) to First Token
Latency: Time To First Answer Token
End-to-End Response Time
Seconds to output 500 tokens, calculated based on time to first token, 'thinking' time for reasoning models, and output speed
End-to-End Response Time
Model Size (Open Weights Models Only)
Model Size: Total and Active Parameters
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Granite 4.1 8B
Granite 4.1 8B was released on April 29, 2026.
Granite 4.1 8B was created by IBM.
Granite 4.1 8B scores 12 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it above average among other open weight non-reasoning models of similar size (median: 12).
Granite 4.1 8B generates output at 117.6 tokens per second (based on the median across providers serving the model), which is above average compared to other open weight non-reasoning models of similar size (median: 94.0 t/s).
Granite 4.1 8B has a time to first token (TTFT) of 0.79s (based on the median across providers serving the model), which is better than average compared to other open weight non-reasoning models of similar size (median: 1.49s).
Granite 4.1 8B costs $0.05 per 1M input tokens (very competitive, median: $0.13) and $0.10 per 1M output tokens (very competitive, median: $0.25), based on the median across providers serving the model.
Granite 4.1 8B costs $0.05 per 1M input tokens and $0.10 per 1M output tokens (based on the median across providers serving the model). For a blended rate (3:1 input to output ratio), this is $0.06 per 1M tokens. Pricing may vary by provider. Compare provider pricing
When evaluated on the Intelligence Index, Granite 4.1 8B generated 4.0M output tokens, which is very competitive compared to other open weight non-reasoning models of similar size (median: 11M).
No, Granite 4.1 8B is not a reasoning model. It provides direct responses without extended chain-of-thought reasoning.
Granite 4.1 8B supports text input.
Granite 4.1 8B supports text output.
No, Granite 4.1 8B does not support image input. It can only process text.
No, Granite 4.1 8B is not multimodal. It only supports text input.
Granite 4.1 8B has a context window of 130k tokens. This determines how much text and conversation history the model can process in a single request.
Yes, Granite 4.1 8B is open weights. The model weights are publicly available and can be downloaded for self-hosting.
Granite 4.1 8B has 8 billion parameters.
Granite 4.1 8B is released under the Apache 2.0 license. This license allows commercial use. View license
Granite 4.1 8B achieves a score of 12 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index. This composite benchmark evaluates models across reasoning, knowledge, mathematics, and coding.
Granite 4.1 8B is an open weights model that can be self-hosted. View providers
Granite 4.1 8B is an open weights model that can be downloaded and self-hosted. Compare providers