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granite-speech-3.3-8b

AUDIO_LLMApache 2.06/9/2026
Requires acceptance of Apache 2.0 license

This model requires you to accept the Apache 2.0 license terms before download.

27downloads
16.1 GiB

Description

Granite Speech 3.3 8B — IBM speech-language model that pairs a speech encoder with the Granite 3.3 LLM for automatic speech recognition and speech-to-text translation across English, French, German, Spanish and Portuguese. Apache 2.0.

Tags

Audio-LLMSpeech RecognitionSpeech TranslationMultilingual8BApache 2.0

At a glance

Kindaudio language model
Precisionbfloat16
Container size16.1 GiB
Weights inside16.1 GiB
Components3
LicenceApache 2.0
Originibm-granite/granite-speech-3.3-8b @ 5670dcfae4a2

What is inside the container

A .nbx container packs every part of granite-speech-3.3-8b — 3 components with weights, graphs and runtime settings — so one file is all the runtime needs.

ComponentBlocksLayersWeights
encoder0—839 MiB
language_model04015.2 GiB
projector0—72.1 MiB

Default settings

The values the container ships with. They apply when you do not pass your own.

Temperature
0

Memory needed

The weights of granite-speech-3.3-8b take 16.1 GiB in bfloat16. That is the floor for the memory the runtime has to place, spread over the devices it finds; activations come on top and grow with the size and length you ask for. A measured peak per device class is not published for this model yet.

Verify what you downloaded

Every download carries its SHA-256, and the file endpoint sends it in the X-NBX-SHA256 header. The container is 16.1 GiB (17,299,497,231 bytes).

$ sha256sum granite-speech-3.3-8b.nbx

b8b722adbf18d1569079ce69666fdb53b24b2a7f75494c16392691dd29bf246f

Questions

What is granite-speech-3.3-8b?

A audio language model by ibm-granite, distributed as a bfloat16 .nbx container and licensed Apache 2.0.

How big is the download?

16.1 GiB, of which 16.1 GiB are weights.

How do I run it?

Install the runtime from the download page, then use the commands under “CLI Usage” below: neurobrix import ibm-granite/granite-speech-3.3-8b, then neurobrix serve --model granite-speech-3.3-8b.

CLI Usage

$ neurobrix import ibm-granite/granite-speech-3.3-8b

$ neurobrix serve --model granite-speech-3.3-8b

$ neurobrix run --prompt "your prompt here"

$ neurobrix stop

Model weights are distributed under their original vendor license. NeuroBrix does not modify the license terms. Users are responsible for complying with the applicable license.