Identity
- Status
- active
- Developer ID
ibm-granite/granite-guardian-4.1-8b- Released
- Not reported
- Version
- granite-guardian-4.1-8b
- License
- apache-2.0
IBMGranite Guardian 4.1 8B
granite-guardian-4.1-8b is an open-weight language model published by IBM.
- Token context
- 131K tokens
- Inputs
- Text
- Outputs
- Text
- Released
- Not reported
Providers & Pricing
0 current hosted offerings
No Current Hosted API Offering Verified
No exact current provider endpoint or published price has been verified for this model version.
At a Glance
Model Facts
Capacity
- Token context
- 131K tokens
- Maximum output
- Unknown
- Total parameters
- 8.4B
- Active parameters
- Unknown
- Knowledge cutoff
- Not reported
Interface and Access
- Inputs
- Text
- Outputs
- Text
- API available
- Unknown
- Open weights
- Yes
- Self-hostable
- Yes
- Reasoning
- No
- Vision
- No
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Capabilities
- chat, generation, tools
This page represents one developer model product. Dated API snapshots, serving endpoints, pricing, regions, quantizations, and service tiers attach as versioned aliases or provider details and never create duplicate public model records.
Version Lineage
PredecessorUnknown
SuccessorsUnknown
Aliasesibm-granite/granite-guardian-4.1-8b, ibm-granite/granite-guardian-4.1-8b
Explicit Unknowns
- Release date
- Maximum output
- Knowledge cutoff
- API availability
- Provider pricing
Primary Evidence
Sources and Observation Date
ibm-granite/granite-guardian-4.1-8b developer model repositoryIBM · observed Aug 28, 2026ibm-granite/granite-guardian-4.1-8b config.json at ab01ccca5dcfIBM · observed Aug 28, 2026ibm-granite/granite-guardian-4.1-8b immutable Hub API metadataIBM · observed Aug 28, 2026ibm-granite/granite-guardian-4.1-8b tokenizer_config.json at ab01ccca5dcfIBM · observed Aug 28, 2026Hugging Face catalogHugging Face · observed Sep 2, 2026
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Questions
Granite Guardian 4.1 8B FAQs
What is Granite Guardian 4.1 8B?+
granite-guardian-4.1-8b is an open-weight language model published by IBM. It is developed by IBM and its current sourced lifecycle status is active.
What inputs and outputs does Granite Guardian 4.1 8B support?+
Granite Guardian 4.1 8B's current record lists Text as input and Text as output.
How much context does Granite Guardian 4.1 8B support?+
The current record lists a 131K-token context window and does not report a maximum output length.
Is Granite Guardian 4.1 8B available through an API?+
Granite Guardian 4.1 8B's current primary-source record does not establish API availability. No provider endpoint is treated as available without direct provider evidence.
How large is Granite Guardian 4.1 8B?+
The current record lists 8.4B total parameters and an unknown active parameter count. Its architecture is GraniteForCausalLM.
What capabilities and tasks does Granite Guardian 4.1 8B support?+
Granite Guardian 4.1 8B's recorded capabilities are chat, generation, and tools. Its supported tasks are text.
How much does Granite Guardian 4.1 8B cost through an API?+
No directly sourced token price is currently attached to Granite Guardian 4.1 8B. Missing prices remain unknown rather than being inferred from another model or provider.
Can Granite Guardian 4.1 8B be self-hosted?+
Granite Guardian 4.1 8B is an open-weight model. Self-hosting is supported, and the recorded license is apache-2.0.
Does Granite Guardian 4.1 8B have related versions or aliases?+
No predecessor is recorded. No successor is recorded. Recorded aliases are ibm-granite/granite-guardian-4.1-8b.
Which models can Granite Guardian 4.1 8B be compared with?+
The current compatible peer set includes Bolmo 7B, Olmo 3 7B Instruct, ERNIE 4.5 0.3B PT, Granite 4.1 30B, and Granite 4.2 8B. Compatibility requires shared sourced modalities and tasks; it does not imply that one model is better. Browse model comparisons →