Granite 4.1 30B needs ~37.5 GB VRAM. NVIDIA H200 PCIe 141GB has 141.0 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~237 tok/s.
Operating mode
Interactive favors responsiveness, while light API and scale-out lean harder on serving readiness. The fit stays the same, but the recommendation lens changes.
Current mode
Balanced
Balanced for general local use. Keeps the ranking neutral across personal and serving workflows.
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Fit status
Runs well
Decode
236.9 tok/s
TTFT
817 ms
Safe context
131K
Memory
37.5 GB / 141.0 GB
This setup is broadly balanced for this model.
No major red flags
This recommendation has enough memory headroom and acceptable estimated speed for the selected workload.
| Workload | Grade | Fit | Decode | TTFT | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chat | A | Runs well | 236.9 tok/s | 446 ms | 131K |
| Coding | A | Runs well | 236.9 tok/s | 817 ms | 131K |
| Agentic Coding | A | Runs well | 236.9 tok/s | 1189 ms | 131K |
| Reasoning | A | Runs well | 236.9 tok/s | 966 ms | 131K |
| RAG | A | Runs well | 236.9 tok/s | 1486 ms | 131K |
Inference speed
Estimated decode speed (tokens/sec) for Granite 4.1 30B at Q4_K_M across popular GPUs and Apple Silicon, using the fastest local runtime per device. Fastest is RTX 5090 32GB at ~71 tok/s. Speed is memory-bandwidth bound, so cards that fit the whole model in VRAM run far faster than ones that offload to system RAM.
| GPU / Mac | Memory | Quant | Speed (tok/s) | Fits? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 GB | Q4_K_M | 70.5 | Tight | |
MacBook Pro M4 Max 128GB | 128 GB | Q4_K_M | 35.3 | Fits |
MacBook Pro M4 Max 64GB | 64 GB | Q4_K_M | 35.3 | Fits |
Mac Studio M3 Ultra 256GB | 256 GB | Q4_K_M | 32.7 | Fits |
| 24 GB | Q4_K_M | 29.0 | Offloads | |
Mac Studio M2 Ultra 128GB | 128 GB | Q4_K_M | 27.3 | Fits |
RX 7900 XTX 24GB | 24 GB | Q4_K_M | 26.8 | Offloads |
Mac Studio M1 Ultra 128GB | 128 GB | Q4_K_M | 25.8 | Fits |
| 24 GB | Q4_K_M | 24.8 | Offloads | |
MacBook Pro M4 Pro 48GB | 48 GB | Q4_K_M | 22.2 | Fits |
MacBook Pro M3 Max 64GB | 64 GB | Q4_K_M | 14.1 | Fits |
MacBook Pro M1 Max 64GB | 64 GB | Q4_K_M | 12.9 | Fits |
| 16 GB | Q4_K_M | 10.5 | Too big | |
| 12 GB | Q4_K_M | 3.7 | Too big | |
| 12 GB | Q4_K_M | 2.3 | Too big | |
| 8 GB | Q4_K_M | 2.0 | Too big |
Estimates for single-stream decoding at Q4_K_M; real tokens/sec varies with prompt length, context, batch size, and runtime build. Prompt processing (prefill) is faster than the decode figures shown here.
How Granite 4.1 30B (30B params) fits at each quantization level on NVIDIA H200 PCIe 141GB (141.0 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 11.7 GB | Low | A70 |
Q3_K_S | 3 | 14.7 GB | Low | A71 |
NVFP4 | 4 | 16.8 GB | Medium | A71 |
Q4_K_M | 4 | 18.3 GB | Medium | A71 |
Q5_K_M | 5 | 21.6 GB | High | A71 |
Q6_K | 6 | 24.6 GB | High | A71 |
Q8_0 | 8 | 32.1 GB | Very High | A73 |
F16Best for your GPU | 16 | 61.5 GB | Maximum | A77 |
Copy-paste commands to run Granite 4.1 30B on your machine.
Run
ollama run granite4.1:30bYour hardware
| Model | Params | Grade | Decode | Capabilities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 123B | S | 58.4 tok/s | ||
| 30.5B | S | 609.7 tok/s | ||
| 122B | S | 162.1 tok/s | ||
| 35B | S | 512.4 tok/s | ||
| 35B | S | 557.2 tok/s |
Yes, NVIDIA H200 PCIe 141GB can run Granite 4.1 30B with a A grade (Runs well). Expected decode speed: 236.9 tok/s.
Granite 4.1 30B (30B parameters) requires approximately 37.5 GB of memory with Q4_K_M quantization.
The recommended quantization for Granite 4.1 30B is Q4_K_M, which balances quality and memory efficiency.
On NVIDIA H200 PCIe 141GB, Granite 4.1 30B achieves approximately 236.9 tokens per second decode speed with a time-to-first-token of 817ms using Q4_K_M quantization.
For coding workloads, Granite 4.1 30B on NVIDIA H200 PCIe 141GB receives a A grade with 236.9 tok/s and 131K context.
On NVIDIA H200 PCIe 141GB, Granite 4.1 30B can safely use up to 131K tokens of context. The model's official context limit is 131K, but available memory constrains the safe maximum.
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