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IBM Granite 4.1 8B API pricing

2 providers serve IBM Granite 4.1 8B. IBM Granite 4.1 8B is an open-weight model (Apache-2.0) with 8.8B total parameters, up to 131K context. Prices below are per 1M tokens, cheapest input first (self-hosting math further down).

Refreshed 2026-08-28 · list prices from provider APIs
Input floor $0.050/1M at W&B Inference and OpenRouter Output floor $0.100/1M at W&B Inference and OpenRouter Find your workload winner →
Provider Input $/1M Output $/1M Cache read $/1M Context
W&B Inference $0.050 $0.100output floor - 131K Use
OpenRouter marketplace quote $0.050 $0.100 $0.050 131K Use

The cheapest way to run IBM Granite 4.1 8B

On an illustrative 70M-input / 30M-output monthly workload, today's lowest listed cost is roughly $6.50/month — the same at W&B Inference and OpenRouter. Input-heavy, output-heavy and cache-heavy workloads can produce different winners. Use the live mix calculator below rather than combining floors from two different providers. On output-token cost alone, a busy self-hosted deployment can work out cheaper (~$0.020/1M output on V100). See the math below. Run your own numbers in the breakeven calculator, or read the breakeven math.

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Cache read uses the listed cache rate where available; otherwise it falls back to normal input price. Batch, write-cache, volume and negotiated discounts are excluded.

Or run it yourself: IBM Granite 4.1 8B self-hosting economics

IBM Granite 4.1 8B is open-weight (Apache-2.0), so the API price above competes with the GPU-hour market. 8.8B total parameters needs roughly 13 GB VRAM at FP8 or 7 GB at INT4, KV-cache headroom included.

GPU that fits (FP8, single card)VRAMFrom $/hrCheapest at
V100 32 GB $0.027marketplace Vast.ai Rent
RTX 3090 24 GB $0.081marketplace Vast.ai Rent
RTX 4090 24 GB $0.120marketplace Vast.ai Rent
RTX 5080 16 GB $0.134marketplace Vast.ai Rent
RTX A5000 24 GB $0.160community RunPod Rent
RTX A4000 16 GB $0.170community RunPod Rent
Breakeven estimate: a well-batched vLLM deployment on one V100 ($0.027/hr) at ~767 aggregate tok/s and 50% utilization works out to roughly $0.020 per 1M output tokens, versus $0.100 via the cheapest output-token API (W&B Inference and OpenRouter). Self-hosting wins on cost if you can keep the GPU busy. Planning estimate: throughput varies with hardware, quantization, batch size and context. Tune it in the calculator.

FAQ

What is the cheapest API for IBM Granite 4.1 8B?

As of 2026-08-28, the lowest input price for IBM Granite 4.1 8B, $0.050 per 1M tokens, is the same list price at W&B Inference and OpenRouter. The lowest output price, $0.100 per 1M tokens, is likewise shared by the same providers. The cheapest provider for a real workload depends on its input/output mix.

How much VRAM do you need to self-host IBM Granite 4.1 8B?

IBM Granite 4.1 8B has 8.8B parameters, so plan for roughly 13 GB of VRAM at FP8 or 7 GB at INT4/AWQ, KV-cache headroom included. A single V100 (32 GB) fits it.

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