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Can I run Granite 4.2 3B locally?

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Ollama weight files: Q4_K_M 2.2 GB (granite4.2:3b); Q5_K_M 2.6 GB (granite4.2:3b-q5_K_M); Q8_0 3.9 GB (granite4.2:3b-q8_0).

Yes on 85 machines in this list. The smallest is M1 8GB: Q8_0, about 4.7 GB, roughly 14 tokens per second, via Ollama. ollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0

Setup on DGX Spark 128GB (NVIDIA, ASUS, Dell, Lenovo, HP, MSI, Acer, Gigabyte)

Open Granite 4.2 3B in the checker

Hardware that fits

HardwareRuntimeQuantMemoryFitSpeedCommand
M1 8GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~14 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
M2 8GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~21 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
M3 8GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~21 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
RTX 3060 8GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~37 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
RTX 3060 Ti 8GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~69 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
RTX 3070 8GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~69 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
RTX 4060 8GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~42 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
RTX 4060 Ti 8GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~44 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
RX 7600 8GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~44 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
RTX 3080 10GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~117 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
M1 16GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~14 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
M1 Pro 16GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~41 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
M2 16GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~21 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
M2 Pro 16GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~41 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
M3 16GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~21 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
M4 16GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~25 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
RTX 3060 12GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~55 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
RTX 3080 12GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~140 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
RTX 4070 12GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~78 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
RTX 5070 12GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~103 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
M3 Pro 18GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~31 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
RTX 4060 Ti 16GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~44 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
RTX 4070 Ti Super 16GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~103 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
RTX 4080 16GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~110 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
RTX 5080 16GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~148 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
RX 7800 XT 16GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~96 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
RX 9070 XT 16GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~98 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
M2 24GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~21 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
M3 24GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~21 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
M4 24GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~25 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
M4 Pro 24GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~56 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
RTX 3090 24GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~144 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
RTX 4090 24GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~155 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
RX 7900 XTX 24GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~148 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
M1 Max (24c GPU) 32GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~82 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
M1 Max (32c GPU) 32GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~82 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
M1 Pro 32GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~41 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
M2 Max (30c GPU) 32GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~82 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
M2 Max (38c GPU) 32GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~82 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
M2 Pro 32GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~41 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
M4 32GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~25 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
M3 Max (30c GPU) 36GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~62 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
M3 Pro 36GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~31 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
M4 Max (32c GPU) 36GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~84 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
Mac Studio M4 Max (32c GPU) 36GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~84 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
Mac Studio M5 Max (32c GPU) 36GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~94 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
RTX 5090 32GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~276 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
M3 Max (40c GPU) 48GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~82 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
M4 Max (40c GPU) 48GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~112 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
M4 Pro 48GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~56 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
Mac Studio M4 Max (40c GPU) 48GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~112 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
Mac Studio M5 Max (40c GPU) 48GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~126 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
M1 Max (32c GPU) 64GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~82 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
M2 Max (30c GPU) 64GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~82 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
M2 Max (38c GPU) 64GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~82 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
M2 Ultra 64GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~164 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
M3 Max (40c GPU) 64GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~82 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
M4 Max (40c GPU) 64GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~112 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
M4 Pro 64GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~56 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
Mac Studio M4 Max (40c GPU) 64GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~112 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
Mac Studio M5 Max (40c GPU) 64GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~126 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
M2 Max (38c GPU) 96GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~82 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
M3 Max (30c GPU) 96GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~62 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
Mac Studio M3 Ultra (60c GPU) 96GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~168 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
Mac Studio M3 Ultra (80c GPU) 96GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~168 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
Mac Studio M5 Ultra (64c GPU) 96GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~246 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
Mac Studio M5 Ultra (80c GPU) 96GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~246 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
M2 Ultra 128GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~164 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
M3 Max (40c GPU) 128GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~82 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
M4 Max (40c GPU) 128GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~112 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
Mac Studio M4 Max (40c GPU) 128GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~112 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
Mac Studio M5 Max (40c GPU) 128GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~126 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
DGX Spark 128GB (NVIDIA, ASUS, Dell, Lenovo, HP, MSI, Acer, Gigabyte)OllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~53 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
M2 Ultra 192GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~164 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
2x Mac Studio M5 Max (40c GPU) 128GBllama.cppQ8_0 GGUF4.7 GBfits in fast memory~107 tok/sllama-server -hf ibm-granite/granite-4.2-3b-GGUF:Q8_0 --rpc node2:50052 -c 8192 # run rpc-server on each other node
Mac Studio M3 Ultra (60c GPU) 256GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~168 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
Mac Studio M3 Ultra (80c GPU) 256GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~168 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
Mac Studio M5 Ultra (64c GPU) 256GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~246 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
Mac Studio M5 Ultra (80c GPU) 256GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~246 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
2x DGX Spark 128GBllama.cppQ8_0 GGUF4.7 GBfits in fast memory~45 tok/sllama-server -hf ibm-granite/granite-4.2-3b-GGUF:Q8_0 --rpc node2:50052 -c 8192 # run rpc-server on each other node
4x Mac Studio M5 Max (40c GPU) 128GBllama.cppQ8_0 GGUF4.7 GBfits in fast memory~95 tok/sllama-server -hf ibm-granite/granite-4.2-3b-GGUF:Q8_0 --rpc node2:50052,node3:50052,node4:50052 -c 8192 # run rpc-server on each other node
2x Mac Studio M5 Ultra (80c GPU) 256GBllama.cppQ8_0 GGUF4.7 GBfits in fast memory~210 tok/sllama-server -hf ibm-granite/granite-4.2-3b-GGUF:Q8_0 --rpc node2:50052 -c 8192 # run rpc-server on each other node
Mac Studio M3 Ultra (80c GPU) 512GBOllamaQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~168 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
4x DGX Spark 128GBllama.cppQ8_0 GGUF4.7 GBfits in fast memory~39 tok/sllama-server -hf ibm-granite/granite-4.2-3b-GGUF:Q8_0 --rpc node2:50052,node3:50052,node4:50052 -c 8192 # run rpc-server on each other node
4x Mac Studio M5 Ultra (80c GPU) 256GBllama.cppQ8_0 GGUF4.7 GBfits in fast memory~185 tok/sllama-server -hf ibm-granite/granite-4.2-3b-GGUF:Q8_0 --rpc node2:50052,node3:50052,node4:50052 -c 8192 # run rpc-server on each other node

Estimates, not benchmarks. Model sizes are ollama.com download sizes; memory needed adds headroom for ~8k tokens of context; speeds are rough figures from memory bandwidth. Data updated 2026-10-18.

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