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Run granite-3.1-3b-a800m-instruct on Lium

IBM · Text generation · 3.3B parameters · 6.6 GB BF16 weights · released 2024-12-06
It needs about 8 GB of VRAM. The cheapest setup that runs it is RTX 3070 Ti (8 GB), from $0.09 per hour, billed per second.

Other GPUs that run it

RTX A450020 GBfrom $0.17 / hourRent
L40S48 GBfrom $0.74 / hourRent

How to run it

Rent the pod above, open a terminal over SSH or Jupyter and serve ibm-granite/granite-3.1-3b-a800m-instruct:
vllm serve ibm-granite/granite-3.1-3b-a800m-instruct
Claude Code and Codex can do all of it through the Lium CLI.

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does granite-3.1-3b-a800m-instruct need?

About 6.6 GB for the released BF16 weights, so plan on 8 GB with room for activations and KV cache at a short context. Longer contexts and bigger batches need more.

What GPU should I rent to run granite-3.1-3b-a800m-instruct?

RTX 3070 Ti (8 GB). On Lium that setup costs from $0.09 per hour, billed per second with no minimum.
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