Granite 3.3 8B — reviews, specs & pricing

IBM's open enterprise-focused language model.

Summary

Granite 3.3 8B is IBM's open-weight model tuned for enterprise use cases like RAG, function calling and fill-in-the-middle code, with a 128k context window. It's released under Apache 2.0 with a focus on transparency and data provenance. It's available on watsonx and Hugging Face.

Sample use case

Used for enterprise RAG applications, code assistance, and regulated-industry deployments needing transparent training data. Good for on-prem enterprise AI.

Specifications

  • Provider: ibm
  • License: open
  • Parameters: 8B
  • Context: 128k tokens
  • Input price: $0.2/M tok
  • Output price: $0.2/M tok
  • Released: 2025-04-16

Pros

  • Apache 2.0 license
  • Transparent data provenance
  • Enterprise/regulatory friendly

Cons

  • Lower benchmark scores than frontier models
  • Smaller ecosystem
  • Limited multimodal capability

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Frequently asked questions

What is Granite 3.3 8B?

Granite 3.3 8B is IBM's open-weight model tuned for enterprise use cases like RAG, function calling and fill-in-the-middle code, with a 128k context window. It's released under Apache 2.0 with a focus on transparency and data provenance. It's available on watsonx and Hugging Face.

How much does Granite 3.3 8B cost?

Granite 3.3 8B costs $0.2 per million input tokens and $0.2 per million output tokens.

Is Granite 3.3 8B open source?

Granite 3.3 8B is released under the open license.