on

Can the AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 (32 GB) run Granite Guardian 4.1 8B?

81Great quality (A) · 81 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 81/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.

Yes, it runs well

Runs well. At Q5_K_M it needs about 8.8 GB of 24.0 GB usable and makes one decision in about 380 ms.

Best quant
Q5_K_M
Time per decision
380 ms
Decisions per second
2.6/s
Input assumed
512 tokens
Returns
Fixed labels

Best app to run it on the AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 (32 GB)

On Windows

Lemonade

Desktop app · runs on llama.cpp, ONNX Runtime GenAI (Ryzen AI NPU)

  • Built for Ryzen AI and Strix Halo, including NPU + iGPU modes on Windows.
lemonade pull ibm-granite/granite-guardian-4.1-8b-GGUF:Q5_K_M
  • LM Studio Point-and-click: search, download and chat in one window.
  • Ollama One command with Ollama’s own build of this model.

On Linux

Lemonade

Desktop app · runs on llama.cpp, ONNX Runtime GenAI (Ryzen AI NPU)

  • Built for Ryzen AI and Strix Halo, including NPU + iGPU modes on Windows.
lemonade pull ibm-granite/granite-guardian-4.1-8b-GGUF:Q5_K_M
  • LM Studio Point-and-click: search, download and chat in one window.
  • Ollama One command with Ollama’s own build of this model.

How we choose: the files published for this model, your operating system and GPU, whether it fits fully in memory, and published speed tests (MLX vs llama.cpp on Apple silicon, vLLM vs llama.cpp vs Ollama on NVIDIA). Details.

Download Granite Guardian 4.1 8B

Recommended for the AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 (32 GB): Q5_K_M. Every other quantization has its own download link in the table below.

Quickest · Ollama

One command downloads a ready-to-run version and starts a chat.

Get Ollama at ollama.com/download (opens in a new tab) · model page (opens in a new tab)

ollama run granite4.1-guardian:8b-q5_K_M

Quantized files · GGUF

Works in LM Studio, llama.cpp, Jan and Ollama. No sign-in needed.

Download the Q5_K_M file (opens in a new tab)

huggingface.co/ibm-granite/granite-guardian-4.1-8b-GGUF (opens in a new tab)

ollama run hf.co/ibm-granite/granite-guardian-4.1-8b-GGUF:Q5_K_M

Original weights · Hugging Face

Full-precision files from IBM, for fine-tuning, vLLM, Transformers.

huggingface.co/ibm-granite/granite-guardian-4.1-8b (opens in a new tab)

No sign-in needed.

Links checked 3 days ago against Hugging Face, Ollama and GitHub.

How it’s rated

Quality 81Great quality (A) · 81 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 81/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.
How capable the model itself is at Q5_K_M, from its editorial quality tier scaled by the quantization or precision. It’s the same on any hardware that runs this variant. Scale: A+ 85+ · A 70+ · B 55+ · C 40+ · D under 40.
Runs Runs well
How well it runs on the AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 (32 GB): speed, capped by how well it fits in memory. Runs great: 30+ tokens/s (or near the image, video or decision speed target) · Runs well: 10+ tokens/s · Slow: 3+ tokens/s · Very slow: under 3 · Won’t run: doesn’t fit even with offload. A tight fit or RAM offload caps it at Runs well; heavy offload caps it at Slow.

Match score

To order lists, each result also gets a match score out of 100 from four parts. It favors the most capable model that still runs well.

PrecisionEditorial precision tier from the model’s published benchmarks, scaled by the quantization or precision used.36.7 / 45
Memory fitFull marks when the model fits in the share of unified memory the GPU can use; fewer when it goes past that limit.25.0 / 25
SpeedTime for one decision against a 100 ms target: reading the input plus any tokens the model writes.7.7 / 15
ClarityHow easy the answer is to use in code: a probability or score earns the most, written feedback before a score the least.12.0 / 15
Match score81.4 / 100

The match score orders results; it is not shown as a grade. Quality and Runs are the two ratings in the tables.

Every quantization on the AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 (32 GB)

Quant Memory needed Available Speed Runs Quality Download
Q4_K_M 8.0 GB 24.0 GB 341 ms Runs well 79Great quality (A) · 79 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 81/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF (opens in a new tab)
Q5_K_M 8.8 GB 24.0 GB 380 ms Runs well 81Great quality (A) · 81 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 81/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF (opens in a new tab)
Q6_K 9.7 GB 24.0 GB 423 ms Slow 83Great quality (A) · 83 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 81/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF (opens in a new tab)
Q8_0 11.7 GB 24.0 GB 520 ms Slow 84Great quality (A) · 84 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 81/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF (opens in a new tab)
F16 19.6 GB 24.0 GB 947 ms Slow 84Great quality (A) · 84 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 79/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF (opens in a new tab) Original weights (opens in a new tab)

Times are for one request with a 512-token input and about 6 tokens written. Batching servers process many requests at once.

Other hardware that runs it

Quick answers

How much memory does Granite Guardian 4.1 8B need on the AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 32GB?

At Q5_K_M it needs about 8.8 GB. The AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 32GB has 24.0 GB usable.

How fast is Granite Guardian 4.1 8B on the AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 32GB?

It makes one decision in about 380 ms at Q5_K_M, an estimate from the hardware and the size of the model.

Estimates come from published hardware specs and our open formulas, not from running the model on your machine. Real speed varies with runtime, drivers and settings. Numbers marked “Measured” come from a linked benchmark.

Was this page helpful?