Granite 4.2 3B specs, prices, where it runs and its benchmark standing
open weights · top 10 on 0 of 1 · released Aug 25, 2026
Facts
- Provider
- IBM
- Release date
- Aug 25, 2026
- Boards
- Hardware
- Estimate: about 7.3 GB of weights as published (BF16), about 3.7 GB at 8-bit, about 1.8 GB at 4-bit, plus memory for the context
- Hugging Face config
- Weights
- Open weights
- Benchmarks
- 1 board captured
| Rank | Board | Score | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | Reasoning | 4.7 | 50 |
Versions and release history
6 versions in this line since Dec 6, 2024, from Pricing, OpenRouter and the boards.
| Version | Released | |
|---|---|---|
| Granite 4.2 30B | Aug 25, 20262 months ago | Boards |
| Granite 4.2 8B | Aug 25, 20262 months ago | Boards |
| Granite 4.2 3Bthis model | Aug 7, 20263 months ago | Hugging Face |
| Granite 4.0 350M | Oct 7, 20251 year ago | Hugging Face |
| Granite 3.2 8B | Feb 17, 20251 year ago | Hugging Face |
| Granite 3.1 8B | Dec 6, 20241 year ago | Hugging Face |
Category ranks, more models and catalog changes
Rank in each category
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Catalog changes, newest first (kept for good)
- release date: Aug 7, 2026 to Aug 25, 2026Nov 2, 2026 7 days ago
- name: Granite 4.2 3b to Granite 4.2 3BOct 31, 2026 9 days ago
- release date set to Aug 25, 2026Oct 31, 2026 9 days ago
- weights set to openOct 31, 2026 9 days ago
- added set to Granite 4.2 3bOct 22, 2026 2 weeks ago