Can a NVIDIA H200 (141GB) run Granite 4.2 8B?

Yes — Granite 4.2 8B runs at FP16 (17.6 GB) at about 127–190 tok/s on a NVIDIA H200 (141GB).

How much memory does Granite 4.2 8B need?

Granite 4.2 8B needs about 4.9 GB at 4K context at its smallest quantization. A NVIDIA H200 (141GB) has 141.0 GB.

Yes — Granite 4.2 8B runs on a NVIDIA H200 (141GB) at FP16

Yes — it runs great.

Runs great

Best fit: Granite 4.2 8B at FP16 · 17.6 GB weights · 127–190 tok/s on a NVIDIA H200 (141GB).

Arena Text Overall · style-controlled

1,290FP16 untested

granite-4.2-8b · published configuration reference · FP16 not tested

Arena Text Overall (style-controlled), exact published entry granite-4.2-8b, 2026-10-08: reference rating 1,290.2. Published confidence bounds 1,279.1–1,301.4. 3,253 votes. Published granite-4.2-8b configuration reference. Reasoning mode is not disclosed by the Arena dataset. Tested precision, runtime and sampling settings are not disclosed in this dataset. Selected FP16 has not been measured by this Arena entry. No quantization quality adjustment is applied.

Snapshot published 2026-10-08 · snapshot imported 2026-10-11 UTC · validated last-good data · manual refresh

Arena leaderboard dataset · Arena / lmarena-ai, Arena Leaderboard Dataset (CC BY 4.0). Selected Text Overall style-controlled rows; field names adapted, ratings unchanged. · dataset CC BY 4.0 · revision e16f90232986

Total memory at 4K context: 19.1 GB; Weights + KV cache + runtime overhead
Estimated generation: 127–190 tok/s
Estimated first token: ~0.4s

Every quantization on this machine

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Granite 4.2 8B quantizations on NVIDIA H200 (141GB), estimated at 4K context. Weights and total memory are shown separately.
Quant	Weights	Total memory	Speed	Fit
Q2_K	3.4 GB	4.9 GB	258–387 tok/s	Runs great
Q3_K_M	4.4 GB	5.8 GB	241–362 tok/s	Runs great
Q4_K_M	5.4 GB	6.8 GB	226–339 tok/s	Runs great
Q5_K_M	6.3 GB	7.7 GB	214–321 tok/s	Runs great
Q6_K	7.2 GB	8.7 GB	202–303 tok/s	Runs great
Q8_0	9.4 GB	10.8 GB	180–270 tok/s	Runs great
FP16	17.6 GB	19.1 GB	127–190 tok/s	Runs great

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