granite-4.2-8b

Llama family · 8.0B params

Evidence: 1 sourced run · 1 independent source · first recorded Aug 25, 2026. What these labels mean.

What the granite-4.2-8b numbers mean

The fastest verified result on our board is 52.5 output tok/s on an RTX 3060 at Q5_K_M with a 4096-token context. That is about 19.0 ms per generated token — 500 tokens takes roughly 9.5 seconds. Prompt processing on the same record runs at 1708.0 tok/s, so a 2,000-token prompt is read in about 1.2 seconds. Peak VRAM was measured at 6.6 GB.

How much VRAM does granite-4.2-8b need?

granite-4.2-8b has 8.0B parameters. These estimates use the same formula as the VRAM calculator: weights, plus about 15% for a moderate-context KV cache and runtime overhead, plus a small engine floor.

Long contexts and large batches raise the real number — read the smallest card as "possible with a reduced context". Measured throughput is on the benchmark board.

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