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Granite 3.1 2B requirements
Granite family · 2.53B params · released 2024-12-18 · 450.1K Ollama pulls. Minimum to run at Q4_K_M: Apple M1 (8GB).
Quantization sizes
| Quantization | Size on disk |
|---|---|
| Q2_K | 1.1 GB est |
| Q3_K_M | 1.2 GB est |
| Q4_K_M (default) | 1.55 GB |
| Q5_K_M | 1.8 GB est |
| Q6_K | 2.1 GB est |
| Q8_0 | 2.69 GB |
| FP16 | 5.1 GB est |
Lower quant = smaller and faster, slightly lower quality. Q4_K_M is the common default.
Run it
ollama run granite3.1-dense:2b llama-cli -hf bartowski/granite-3.1-2b-instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M lms get bartowski/granite-3.1-2b-instruct-GGUF Which devices can run Granite 3.1 2B?
Apple Silicon Macs
RAM-only laptops
iPhone & iPad
Android
NVIDIA GPUs
AMD GPUs
FAQ
How much VRAM or RAM does Granite 3.1 2B need?
At Q4_K_M, Granite 3.1 2B needs about 2.8 GB (weights ~1.55 GB + KV cache + overhead) at a 4k context. At Q8_0 budget ~3.9 GB.
Can Granite 3.1 2B run on a laptop?
Yes, Granite 3.1 2B fits on a 16 GB machine at Q4_K_M and runs on Apple Silicon or a 12 GB+ GPU comfortably.
Can I use Granite 3.1 2B commercially?
Yes. Granite 3.1 2B is licensed Apache-2.0, which permits commercial use.
IBM's enterprise-grade 2B dense SLM. 128K context (extended from 4K via progressive RoPE training on ~500B tokens). Optimized for tool-use and RAG workloads. Apache 2.0.
Sources
Memory figures are estimates. See methodology.