Model · IBM
Granite 4.2 3B
3.7B · Q4_K_M · 2.1 GB · open weights · curated for general, agents · repo created 2026-08-07
On the radar
47
Heat Score · flat ◆ · 100% confidence
- Rank among scored models
- 28 of 45
- Trending score · Hugging Face
- 9
- Downloads, rolling 30 days · Hugging Face
- 28,894
- Downloads vs. the reading of 2026-09-05
- +72.8%
- Likes · Hugging Face
- 87
- API price per 1M tokens, in / out · OpenRouter
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Measured signals as of 2026-09-12 06:00 UTC · How the Heat Score is made →
Downloads, daily readingsdaily last · UTC
2026-08-30 · 7K2026-09-12 · 29K
Heat is a composite of measured signals only: each component is the model's percentile among models with a full week of history — trending level (35%), 7-day download growth (30%), 7-day trending change (15%), 30-day downloads (15%) and Hub likes (5%). Missing components renormalize the weights and lower the shown confidence; nothing is guessed. Trending and downloads come from the Hugging Face Hub — the download counter is a rolling 30-day window, not unique users — and input pricing from OpenRouter (CC BY 4.0). The full formula, thresholds and flag rules are on the methodology page.
What it needs
◇ Estimated— Estimated: computed from our curated model and hardware catalog — not a live reading.Weights, context cache and runtime overhead at four reference contexts. The total is the model's own; what differs per machine is the usable memory it has to fit into.
| Context | Weights | Context cache | Overhead | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8K | 2.1 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 3.6 GB |
| 32K | 2.1 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 6.3 GB |
| 64K | 2.1 | 5.0 | 2.7 | 9.8 GB |
| 128K | 2.1 | 10.0 | 4.7 | 16.8 GB |
All memory figures are estimates: measured quantized file size + computed context memory + runtime overhead, with a 12% safety margin on your hardware. Real usage varies with runtime version and settings.
Where it runs
◇ Estimated— Estimated: computed from our curated model and hardware catalog — not a live reading.Every tracked GPU and Mac at 8K and 32K context with a full-precision (f16) cache — the same engine as the finder and the GPU pages.
Runs comfortably (EXCELLENT or GOOD) on 14 of 14 tracked devices at 8K context.
| Device | 8K context | 32K context |
|---|---|---|
| RTX 407012 GB · 10.6 GB usable | Excellent fit3.6 GB | Excellent fit6.3 GB |
| RTX 3060 12GB12 GB · 10.6 GB usable | Excellent fit3.6 GB | Excellent fit6.3 GB |
| RTX 408016 GB · 14.1 GB usable | Excellent fit3.6 GB | Excellent fit6.3 GB |
| RTX 508016 GB · 14.1 GB usable | Excellent fit3.6 GB | Excellent fit6.3 GB |
| RTX 4060 Ti 16GB16 GB · 14.1 GB usable | Excellent fit3.6 GB | Excellent fit6.3 GB |
| RTX 5060 Ti 16GB16 GB · 14.1 GB usable | Excellent fit3.6 GB | Excellent fit6.3 GB |
| RTX 5070 Ti16 GB · 14.1 GB usable | Excellent fit3.6 GB | Excellent fit6.3 GB |
| RTX 309024 GB · 21.1 GB usable | Excellent fit3.6 GB | Excellent fit6.3 GB |
| RTX 409024 GB · 21.1 GB usable | Excellent fit3.6 GB | Excellent fit6.3 GB |
| RTX 509032 GB · 28.2 GB usable | Excellent fit3.6 GB | Excellent fit6.3 GB |
| Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB64 GB unified · 44.8 GB usable | Excellent fit3.6 GB | Excellent fit6.3 GB |
| Mac Studio M4 Max 64GB64 GB unified · 44.8 GB usable | Excellent fit3.6 GB | Excellent fit6.3 GB |
| Mac Studio M3 Ultra 96GB96 GB unified · 67.2 GB usable | Excellent fit3.6 GB | Excellent fit6.3 GB |
| NVIDIA DGX Spark128 GB unified · 112.6 GB usable | Excellent fit3.6 GB | Excellent fit6.3 GB |
GGUF is the quantized single-file format local runtimes load (Ollama, LM Studio, llama.cpp); our memory figures are measured from the linked GGUF file. The original repo holds full-precision safetensors — a much larger download meant for GPUs with far more memory.
Check it against your own machine →Or rent it
Cheapest measured rental class that runs it comfortably (EXCELLENT or GOOD at 8K): A100 at $1.33/h, the median across verified on-demand offers.
2026-09-12 09:00 UTC
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