LLM
Granite 4.2 3B
IBM Granite 4.2 dense text model (3B), weights and code with data partly documented.
Levelmodel
ClassLLM
Parameters3B
Context128,000
ReleasedSep 2026
Opennessopen source
Runs onCPU server
Statusactive
R&D Topics
Identity
- Developer
- IBM
- Family
- Granite 4.2
- Released
- Sep 2026 sourcesregistry date
- Weights published
- –
- Record checked
- 10 Oct 2026
Where this comes from
Developer and dates from the research notes. Release date is the vendor's public announcement; weights date is when open weights were published.
Architecture and Size
- Architecture
- dense transformer Dense transformer, GQA (not Mamba)
- Total parameters
- 3B sources
- Active parameters
- –
- Checkpoint parameters
- –
- Note
- 128K native, extends to 512K
- Context length
- 128,000 tokens
- Input
- text
- Output
- text
Where this comes from
Parameter counts as the developer states them. Where the checkpoint holds a different total, both are shown (register A16).
Openness and Access
- Openness
- open source
- Licence
- Apache License 2.0 sources
- Access routes
- open weights download
Where this comes from
The licence file governs over registry tags and aggregator labels.
Deployment
- Runs on
- CPU server
- Footprint
- FP8 and GGUF variants
- Runtimes
- not in the notes
Where this comes from
Deployment tiers and runtimes as named in the notes. Footprint is the notes' figure, not a measurement by AURION.
Indonesia
- Indonesian support
- not stated
- Regional languages
- not in the notes
- Jakarta hosting
- unknown
- Languages
- 12 languages listed; no Indonesian
Where this comes from
Indonesia fields are carried on every model; unknown is an allowed value.
Benchmark Results
The notes record no benchmark result for this model.
Lineage
The notes record no lineage for this model.
Industry Use Cases
No industry use case links this model.
Links
DeveloperIBMbig tech, USA
IBMbig tech, USAModelGranite 4.2 3BIBM, LLM
Granite 4.2 3BIBM, LLMUse CasesTelecom Domain LLMs and BenchmarksTelecomIndustrial Copilots and Maintenance AssistantsIndustrialClinical LLM (Open Weights)HealthcareProcess Optimisation and Advanced Process ControlIndustrial+1 moreUse cases of models in the same R&D topic; none is recorded for this model itself.
Who Runs It
PT Pertamina Geothermal EnergyIn production, 14 Jul 2026
PT Amman Mineral Nusa Tenggara (AMMAN)In production, 8 Jul 2026
Siemens Erlangen electronics factoryPlanned, 6 Jan 2026MIND IDResearch, 14 Oct 2025+16 moreDeployments of these use cases; none names this model.
PT Pertamina Geothermal EnergyIn production, 14 Jul 2026PT Amman Mineral Nusa Tenggara (AMMAN)In production, 8 Jul 2026Siemens Erlangen electronics factoryPlanned, 6 Jan 2026MIND IDResearch, 14 Oct 2025+16 moreDeployments of these use cases; none names this model.Models 1
Organisations 1
Sources
- ibm-granite (IBM Granite) huggingface.co https://huggingface.co/ibm-granite
- ibm-granite/granite-4.2-8b , Hugging Face huggingface.co https://huggingface.co/ibm-granite/granite-4.2-8b
To cite this page: Project AURION, AI Use-Cases Research & Innovation, "Granite 4.2 3B", https://aurion.semai.id/models/ibm-granite-4-2-3b/, records of October 2026.