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Run granite-4.0-1b on Lium
IBM · Text generation · 1.6B parameters · 3.3 GB BF16 weights · released 2025-10-07
It needs about 4 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
How to run it
Rent the pod above, open a terminal over SSH or Jupyter and serve ibm-granite/granite-4.0-1b:
vllm serve ibm-granite/granite-4.0-1bClaude Code and Codex can do all of it through the Lium CLI.
Frequently asked questions
How much VRAM does granite-4.0-1b need?
About 3.3 GB for the released BF16 weights, so plan on 4 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-4.0-1b?
RTX 3070 Ti (8 GB). On Lium that setup costs from $0.09 per hour, billed per second with no minimum.
For AI agents (CLI install, agent skill, headless signup): llms-full.txt