# Granite 3.1 2B requirements

Updated: 2026-06-15

Granite family, 2.53B params, released 2024-12-18.

- Q4_K_M: 1.55 GB on disk; ~2.8 GB to run at 4k context
- Q8_0: 2.69 GB
- Context: 128k
- Run: `ollama run granite3.1-dense:2b`
- Runs on 39 of 39 tracked devices

Sources: https://ollama.com/library/granite3.1-dense:2b, https://huggingface.co/bartowski/granite-3.1-2b-instruct-GGUF, https://community.ibm.com/community/user/blogs/nickolus-plowden/2025/01/12/granite-31-delivers-powerful-performance-longer-co, https://huggingface.co/ibm-granite/granite-3.1-2b-instruct
More: https://localmodel.run/model/granite-3.1-2b