Granite Switch 4.1.1 8B
Granite Switch 4.1.1 8B combines Granite 4.1 8B with selectable decision and Guardian adapters. The repository name retains 4.1, while its current card identifies revision 4.1.1.
Model design and training
The system uses control tokens to choose activated LoRA adapters. Its speech component transcribes audio and inserts text into the chat context. It is a modular composition, not a jointly trained audio-language checkpoint. The revision updates the decision adapter.Granite Switch 4.1.1 8B model card
Practical use
Practical guidance. Switch is useful when one self-hosted service must route between ordinary generation and specialist judgments. Pin the model revision and software package together. Inspect the transcription before the downstream answer when debugging audio requests; the language model receives the transcript.
Specifications & access
| Detail | Value and conditions |
|---|---|
| Access | Downloadable |
| Model identifiers | ibm-granite/granite-switch-4.1-8b |
| Context window | 131,072 tokens Published model context; actual serving limits can be lower. Granite Switch 4.1.1 8B model card |
| License | Apache 2.0Granite Switch 4.1.1 8B model card |
| Current revision | 4.1.1, released 27 October 2026.Granite Switch 4.1.1 8B model card |
| Components | Granite 4.1 backbone, decision adapter, guardian-core adapter and Speech 5.0 TurboCTC.Granite Switch 4.1.1 8B model card |
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