IBM Granite 3.3 8B

Good fit for

People exploring local document-text workflows and structured instruction following.

Why consider it

The model catalog explicitly documents summarization, extraction, code tasks, function calling and long-context question answering.

Main limitations

RAG and function calling need connected software. No File Uploads feature is assigned to model weights alone. A 128K advertised context window does not establish feasible context on every computer. No Data Analysis category is inferred from text extraction.

Cost and access

Local package without a hosted subscription or per-token fee. Hardware, electricity and setup are separate. License: Apache 2.0.

Getting started

Install a compatible Ollama version, then run: ollama run granite3.3:8b. API access means the runtime-provided local API, not a bundled hosted service.