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Run granite-4.1-3b-llmon-preview on Lium

IBM · Text generation · 3.7B parameters · 7.3 GB BF16 weights · released 2026-10-01
It needs about 9 GB of VRAM. The cheapest setup that runs it is RTX 5060 Ti (16 GB), from $0.12 per hour, billed per second.

Other GPUs that run it

RTX A450020 GBfrom $0.18 / hourRent
T416 GBfrom $0.22 / hourRent

How to run it

Rent the pod above, open a terminal over SSH or Jupyter and serve ibm-granite/granite-4.1-3b-llmon-preview:
vllm serve ibm-granite/granite-4.1-3b-llmon-preview
Claude Code and Codex can do all of it through the Lium CLI.

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does granite-4.1-3b-llmon-preview need?

About 7.3 GB for the released BF16 weights, so plan on 9 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-4.1-3b-llmon-preview?

RTX 5060 Ti (16 GB). On Lium that setup costs from $0.12 per hour, billed per second with no minimum.
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