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RANKED #314 OF 316 ASSISTANTS · OVERALL #490 OF 493 RANKED · VIBE SCORE 4.1 · 5,112 VOICES ·
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A lightweight text assistant built to answer questions and run on your own hardware.
HAPPY5.4
3 mentions
SAD9.6
7 mentions
VIBE TRAJECTORY
26 weeks · 5,113 voices in this window
HOLDING UP
Recent vibe is steady. No clear fade in the crowd.
HOW TO USE IT
Open weights. You can use a hosted service, or download it and run it yourself, free.
RUN IT ON YOUR OWN MACHINE
Open weights: download Granite 4.2 8B once and it's yours. No subscription, no rate limits, works offline.
8B parameters, a Q4_K_M GGUF is about 4.9 GB
- BARE MINIMUM
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
12 GB VRAM
~$220 USEDQ4_K_M quant, ~95 tok/s, 8k context fully offloaded
- SWEET SPOT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 12GB
12 GB VRAM
~$520 NEWQ5_K_M or Q6_K quant, ~110 tok/s, 16k context
- FULL POWER
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 24GB
24 GB VRAM
~$1750 USEDQ8_0 or BF16 full precision, ~140 tok/s, 128k full context
LEARN HOW TO SET IT UP
WILL MY BOX RUN GRANITE 4.2 8B?
The three cards above are researched picks. Search the machine you actually have — we only say yes if it should reply at a usable speed, not just load the weights and crawl.
HARDWARE PICKS & PRICES ARE RESEARCHED FROM THE LIVE WEB AND REFRESHED AUTOMATICALLY. TREAT THEM AS BALLPARK, NOT GOSPEL.
WHAT CAN YOU ACTUALLY DO WITH IT?
Everyday jobs on each of those rigs: how long Granite 4.2 8B takes, and how good the crowd says it is at that kind of work.
| THE JOB | BARE MINIMUMNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB | SWEET SPOTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 12GB | FULL POWERNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 24GB |
|---|---|---|---|
| Write an emaila paragraph or two, drafted from a one-line brief | ~5 S★★★★★ | ~5 S★★★★★ | ~4 S★★★★★ |
| Summarize a documenta long report boiled down to the points that matter | ~16 S★★★★★ | ~14 S★★★★★ | ~11 S★★★★★ |
| Build a websitea small landing page, markup and styles together | ~84 S★★★★★ | ~73 S★★★★★ | ~57 S★★★★★ |
| Build a backendan API with routes, storage and tests | ~4.4 MIN★★★★★ | ~3.8 MIN★★★★★ | ~3 MIN★★★★★ |
| Build a gamea playable browser game in one file | ~2.6 MIN★★★★★ | ~2.3 MIN★★★★★ | ~1.8 MIN★★★★★ |
STARS ARE THE COMMUNITY SCORE FOR THAT KIND OF WORK, DOCKED FOR HOW SQUASHED THE WEIGHTS GET AT EACH TIER. TIMES ARE COMPUTED FROM RESEARCHED SPEEDS. BALLPARK, NOT GOSPEL.
WHAT THE INTERNET SAYS
Users find that Granite 4.2 8B usually gives correct answers. However, some people note that it can still make things up at times.
305 POSTS · 4807 COMMENTS · REDDIT · HACKER NEWS · BLUESKY · GITHUB
PEOPLE LOVE
- Usually gives correct answers (2 mentions)
PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT
- Sometimes makes things up (3 mentions)
TOPIC BY TOPIC
- Getting facts rightMIXED FEELINGS
2 thumbs up · 3 thumbs down
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Checked picks first: tags say why you would switch, stars say how fully each one stands in for Granite 4.2 8B.
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- REDDIT · 2026-10-04 · 0 UPVOTESTested 15 local models for agent/tool use.. Bonsai 27B was last!
Tested 15 local models for agent/tool use.. Bonsai 27B was last!