granite vision 4.1 4b

• Cheapest

  NVIDIA Tesla P40

  50tok/sest.Q8_0

  $345

• Best value

  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB

  110tok/sest.Q8_0

  $469

• Fastest

  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

  259tok/sest.Q8_0

  $4,921

• Mac

  Mac mini M4 16GB

  18tok/sest.Q8_0

  $749

• Q4_K_M
  • Ollamaollama run hf.co/ibm-granite/granite-vision-4.1-4b-GGUF:Q4_K_M
  • LM Studiolms get ibm-granite/granite-vision-4.1-4b-GGUF@q4_k_m
  • llama.cppllama-server -hf ibm-granite/granite-vision-4.1-4b-GGUF:Q4_K_M
• Q5_K_M
  • Ollamaollama run hf.co/ibm-granite/granite-vision-4.1-4b-GGUF:Q5_K_M
  • LM Studiolms get ibm-granite/granite-vision-4.1-4b-GGUF@q5_k_m
  • llama.cppllama-server -hf ibm-granite/granite-vision-4.1-4b-GGUF:Q5_K_M
• Q8_0
  • Ollamaollama run hf.co/ibm-granite/granite-vision-4.1-4b-GGUF:Q8_0
  • LM Studiolms get ibm-granite/granite-vision-4.1-4b-GGUF@q8_0
  • llama.cppllama-server -hf ibm-granite/granite-vision-4.1-4b-GGUF:Q8_0

Specialised for chart, table and key-value extraction from documents; may not generalise well to open-ended vision tasks and is English-only. Requires transformers>=5.8.0 (or trust_remote_code on older versions) or vLLM>=0.21.0.

How much VRAM does granite vision 4.1 4b need?

At Q4_K_M, granite vision 4.1 4b needs about 3 GB of memory at 8k context and 3 GB at 8k, counting the weights, the KV cache and runtime buffers.

What is the best GPU for running granite vision 4.1 4b locally?

The cheapest hardware in the US that runs granite vision 4.1 4b fully in memory at 8k context is the NVIDIA Tesla P40, $345 at Amazon, at about 50 tok/s (estimated). The best value is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB (about 110 tok/s for $469). The fastest we price is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090, at about 259 tok/s.

Can I run granite vision 4.1 4b on a 16 GB GPU?

Yes: at Q8_0 it fits fully in 16 GB at 8k context. On the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 it runs at about 139 tok/s (estimated).

Can I run granite vision 4.1 4b on a 24 GB GPU?

Yes: at Q8_0 it fits fully in 24 GB at 8k context. On the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti it runs at about 146 tok/s (estimated).

How do I run granite vision 4.1 4b locally?

With Ollama: ollama run hf.co/ibm-granite/granite-vision-4.1-4b-GGUF:Q4_K_M (the Q4_K_M build). LM Studio and llama.cpp commands are on this page.

What licence is granite vision 4.1 4b released under?

Apache 2.0, which allows commercial use.