Using Granite 8B Japanese on IBM watsonx

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IBM watsonx exposes Granite 8B Japanese through model ID granite-8b-japanese. Use the setup steps, sourced pricing, capabilities, and official provider links below to validate this route before deployment.

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Quick Start

  1. 1
    Create an account at IBM watsonx and generate an API key.
  2. 2
    Use the IBM watsonx SDK or REST API to call granite-8b-japanese — see the documentation for request format.
  3. 3
    You'll be billed $0.60/1M input, $0.60/1M output tokens. See full pricing.
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Code Examples

See IBM watsonx documentation for integration details.

Pricing on IBM watsonx

TypePrice (per 1M)
Input tokens$0.60
Output tokens$0.60

Capabilities

No model capability flags are currently sourced.

About Granite 8B Japanese

Granite 8B Japanese is IBM Research's Granite model. It was released 2023-11-06.

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Model Specs

Released2023-11-06
Parameters8B
Context4k
ArchitectureDecoder Only

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Provider

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