Model reference · open weights
granite-4.2-mxfp4 is an open-weight language model from ibm-granite, listed in the AxForge catalogue. AxForge can bring it up on EU-owned hardware for you on request — with the licence handled where one is required.
About
Granite-4.2-8B (MXFP4) [!NOTE] This repository contains the MXFP4 version of Granite-4.2-8B. Please refer to the original model's model card for additional details: https://huggingface.co/ibm-granite/granite-4.2-8b
Summarised from the published model card. Read the full card on the HuggingFace links below.
Specifications
| Maker | ibm-granite |
|---|---|
| Type | Language models |
| Parameters (lead) | 5.1B |
| Context | 128k tokens |
| Variants | 3 |
| Runs with | transformers |
| Based on | ibm-granite/granite-4.2-8b |
| Released | 2026-08-13 |
| Popularity | 369 downloads / month |
| Likes | 2 |
| Licence | Open weights |
How it works
Variants
Open weights ship in several sizes and precisions. One page, all the variants — pick the one that fits your GPU. VRAM figures are estimates from model size.
Using it via the API
Once AxForge deploys granite-4-2-mxfp4 for you, it answers on the OpenAI-compatible API — the same base URL and keys as every other model. (granite-4-2-mxfp4 below is illustrative; you get the exact model name on deployment.)
$ curl -sS https://api.axforge.ai/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $AXFORGE_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"model":"granite-4-2-mxfp4","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}]}'
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Licence
Open weights under apache-2.0 — commercial use is permitted. Deploy it on AxForge EU hardware on request. Read the licence ↗