{
  "id": "granite-4-2-8b",
  "name": "Granite 4.2 8B",
  "developer": "IBM",
  "exact_model_id": "ibm-granite/granite-4.2-8b",
  "verified_at": "2026-09-27",
  "evidence_level": "source-verified",
  "access": {
    "label": "Direct download",
    "gated": false
  },
  "license": {
    "name": "Apache 2.0",
    "commercial_use": "Commercial use permitted under Apache 2.0.",
    "eu_note": "No explicit EU territorial restriction identified in the reviewed license/materials."
  },
  "architecture": {
    "parameters": "8B-class / ~9B reported on hub",
    "type": "Dense Granite language model",
    "context": "131,072",
    "modalities": "Text → text"
  },
  "runtimes": [
    "Transformers",
    "SGLang",
    "llama.cpp via official GGUF"
  ],
  "hardware_note": "IBM publishes BF16, FP8, MXFP4/NVFP4 and GGUF variants, giving several deployment paths.",
  "primary_source": "https://huggingface.co/ibm-granite/granite-4.2-8b",
  "third_party_runtime_evidence": [],
  "reference_page": "https://openweightmodels.eu/model-granite-4-2-8b.html",
  "change_history": "https://openweightmodels.eu/change-granite-4-2-8b.json"
}