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IBM Research

IBM Research

61 models across 10 families · Latest: Granite 4.1 3B (2026-04)

Creating reliable and adaptable AI solutions

CodingRAGAgentsLong contextVisionClassificationJSON / Tool use

IBM Research's portfolio covers 59 active models across 10 current families, spanning coding, rag, and agents. Open a model detail page to compare provider routes and sourced benchmarks.

Covers 7 workload areas across 59 active tracked models; last verified 2026-06-04.

Use it for

  • Teams evaluating coding, rag, and agents across this lab's releases
  • Comparing model families before committing to a flagship
  • Migration and pricing follow-ups across 59 tracked models

Do not use it for

  • Choosing a hosting provider without opening a model page for price ladders

Active models

59

Current models from this lab, excluding deprecated ones

Active families

10

Current model families from this lab

Open catalog

59 open

47 open source / 12 open weights

Lowest output price

$0.100 /1M

Cheapest tracked output across active models, per 1M tokens

Latest dated release

2026-04-29

Granite 4.1 3B

Freshness

2026-06-04

Researched 90d ago

stale

Information

Founded1945
Armonk, New York, United States

Release cadence

Dated releases
5
Latest model
Granite 4.1 3B
Latest date
2026-04-29

Where this lab wins

  • Coding: 3 tracked models with SWE-bench / HumanEval-style scores.
  • RAG: 1 tracked model with ruler / needle retrieval benchmarks.
  • Agentic: 4 tracked models with BFCL, tau-bench, and SWE-bench tool-use coverage.
  • Long-context: 34 tracked models with context-token or InfiniteBench-class signal.

Flagship quality / price signal

Selection source
Best sourced coding Q/$
Coding grade
A
Benchmark / output price
humaneval 87.2 · $0.100/1M

About

IBM Research, established in 1945 and based in Armonk, New York, has been an influential player in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) for decades, setting benchmarks through various historical milestones. Noteworthy achievements include the development of Arthur Samuel's self-learning checkers program in the 1950s and William Dersh's voice-operated "Shoebox" in 1962. These early innovations paved the way for the development of more sophisticated AI systems, including Deep Blue's famous 1997 chess victory over Garry Kasparov and Watson's win on Jeopardy! in 2011. These milestones are foundational to IBM's ongoing innovations in generative AI and large language models (LLMs).

Featured models

ModelReleasedContextInput price ($/1M)Output price ($/1M)LicenseOpenness
Granite 4.1 3B2026-04-29131k--Apache 2.0Open source
Granite 4.1 3B Base2026-04-29512k--Apache 2.0Open source
Granite 4.1 8B2026-04-29131k$0.05$0.1Apache 2.0Open source

Model families

Recent releases

  1. Granite 4.1 3B- 2026-04-29
  2. Granite 4.1 3B Base- 2026-04-29
  3. Granite 4.1 8B- 2026-04-29
  4. Granite 4.1 8B Base- 2026-04-29
  5. Granite 4.1 30B- 2026-04-29

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Last reviewed: 2026-06-04. Data sourced from public lab announcements and provider documentation.