Granite Code Models

IBM · 2024 · Code LLM · USA

A to Z

A · App: No
B · Built By: IBM
C · CEO & Politics: Arvind Krishna — Corporate centrist
D · Date: 2024
E · Expertise: Intermediate+
F · Free Tier: Yes
G · Generates: Text only
H · Deployment: Cloud + Local (open weights)
I · Inputs: Text
J · Jurisdiction: USA
K · Key Staffers: Darío Gil (SVP & Director of Research)
L · Languages: English-primary
M · Model Type: Code LLM
N · Safety Issues: May reproduce copyrighted code. Security vulnerabilities.
O · Open Source: Yes — open weights
P · Pricing: Free (open weights, Apache 2.0)
Q · AIDb Rating: 4/10 · AIDb v2.0 (rule-based): Capability 4/10 · Currency 4/10 · Access 5/10 · Significance 4/10 → 4.15
R · What Makes It Special: IBM's Granite Code family of open code models in 3B, 8B, 20B and 34B sizes, each with base and instruct versions; the instruct models are fine-tuned on permissively licensed instruction data such as Git commits paired with human instructions. Apache 2.0.
S · Stock / Status: $226 (IBM, Sep 25, 2026)
T · Training Cutoff: [UNKNOWN]
U · Users: [UNKNOWN]
V · Voice Chat: No
W · Weights: Downloadable
X · X Handle: @IBM
Y · Year Founded: [UNKNOWN]
Z · Bottom Line: Open-weights Code LLM from IBM, released 2024.

Data completeness 88% · Last verified 2026-06-11 · Primary source ↗

“Granite Code Models.” AIDb — The AI Database. Verified 2026-06-11. https://theaidatabase.com/m/granite-code-models-ibm.html