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Granite 3.1 8B Instruct vs Teuken 7B Instruct

Granite 3.1 8B Instruct (2024) and Teuken 7B Instruct (2024) are compact production models from IBM Research and OpenGPT-X. Granite 3.1 8B Instruct ships a 128k-token context window, while Teuken 7B Instruct ships a 4k-token context window. This comparison covers specs, pricing, API access, capabilities, benchmarks, input and output token costs, and production fit for coding and agent workloads. It focuses on practical selection signals rather than broad model-family marketing.

Granite 3.1 8B Instruct fits 32x more tokens; pick it for long-context work and Teuken 7B Instruct for tighter calls.

Decision scorecard

Local evidence first
SignalGranite 3.1 8B InstructTeuken 7B Instruct
Best forgeneral production evaluationgeneral production evaluation
Decision fitLong contextGeneral
Context window128k4k
Cheapest output--
Provider routes0 tracked1 tracked
Shared benchmarks0 shared0 shared

Decision tradeoffs

Choose Granite 3.1 8B Instruct when...
  • Granite 3.1 8B Instruct has the larger context window for long prompts, retrieval packs, or transcript analysis.
  • Local decision data tags Granite 3.1 8B Instruct for Long context.
Choose Teuken 7B Instruct when...
  • Teuken 7B Instruct has broader tracked provider coverage for fallback and route flexibility.

Monthly cost at traffic

Estimate token spend from the cheapest tracked input and output route or tier on this page.

Granite 3.1 8B Instruct

Unavailable

No complete token price in local provider data

Teuken 7B Instruct

Unavailable

No complete token price in local provider data

Cost delta unavailable until both models have sourced input and output token prices.

Switch friction

Granite 3.1 8B Instruct -> Teuken 7B Instruct
  • No overlapping tracked provider route is sourced for Granite 3.1 8B Instruct and Teuken 7B Instruct; plan for SDK, billing, or endpoint changes.
Teuken 7B Instruct -> Granite 3.1 8B Instruct
  • No overlapping tracked provider route is sourced for Teuken 7B Instruct and Granite 3.1 8B Instruct; plan for SDK, billing, or endpoint changes.

Specs

Specification
Released2024-12-182024-10-01
Context window128k4k
Parameters8B7B
ArchitectureDecoder OnlyDecoder Only
LicenseApache 2.0OSI-approvedOpen Weights
OpennessOpen sourceOpen weights
WeightsAvailableUnknown
CodeUnknownUnknown
Commercial useCommercial use: permitted-
Knowledge cutoff2024-042023-09

Pricing and availability

Pricing attributeGranite 3.1 8B InstructTeuken 7B Instruct
Input price--
Output price--
Providers-

Pricing not yet sourced for either model.

Capabilities

CapabilityGranite 3.1 8B InstructTeuken 7B Instruct
VisionNoNo
MultimodalNoNo
ReasoningNoNo
JSON / Tool useNoNo
Structured outputsNoNo
Code executionNoNo
IDE integrationNoNo
Computer useNoNo
Parallel agentsNoNo

Benchmarks

No shared benchmark scores are currently available for this pair.

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Last reviewed: 2026-06-29. Data sourced from public model cards and provider documentation.