Granite Speech 3.3 8B
Apr 2025
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Granite Speech 3.3 8B measured on 14 of 81 Speech to text benchmarks14
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5.3Open ASR
Apr 2025released
en, es, fr +2Languages
Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
OpenPhi 4 Multimodal Instructsame—$0.05OpenGranite Speech 3.3 2Bsame——
OpenQwen 3 ASR 1.7B Hfsame——BOpenHiggs Audio v3 Sttsame——Languages: loses es, fr, de, ptCOpenCohere Transcribe 03 2026-16%——ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
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Phi 4 Multimodal InstructOpensame—$0.05Granite Speech 3.3 2BOpensame——Qwen 3 ASR 1.7B HfOpensame——BHiggs Audio v3 SttOpensame——Languages: loses es, fr, de, ptCCohere Transcribe 03 2026Open-16%——ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Granite 4.0 1B SpeechOpen-25%——Granite Speech 5.0 470M TurboctcOpen-23%——Languages: loses es, fr, de, pt+1Granite Speech 4.1 2B NarOpen-18%——Granite Speech 4.1 2BOpen-18%——Granite Speech 5.0 470M Turboctc NcOpen-18%——Languages: loses es, fr, de, pt+1Granite Speech 3.3 2BOpensame——All IBM models →Run it yourself
estimateFits on✓ 8 GB (phone, laptop) · compressed✓ 16 GB · 8-bit✓ 24 GB GPU · full quality✓ 48 GB GPU · full quality✓ 80 GB GPU · full quality
LicenceApache-2.0free for commercial use
FAQ
How much does Granite Speech 3.3 8B cost?›
There is no per-unit API price: self-host only.
Is Granite Speech 3.3 8B free to use?›
There is no free API. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.
How good is Granite Speech 3.3 8B, and what is it best at?›
#9 of 61 in Speech to text.
Is Granite Speech 3.3 8B better than Azure Speech 07 2026?›
On Open ASR · average WER, Granite Speech 3.3 8B scores 5.3 vs 5.2 — about the same.
When was Granite Speech 3.3 8B released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2025-04-14. It is the current version in its line.
Is Granite Speech 3.3 8B open source?›
Yes, the weights are open (Apache-2.0 licence).
Can I run Granite Speech 3.3 8B locally?›
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
What is Granite Speech 3.3 8B?›
Granite Speech 3.3 8B is an open-weights speech & voice model from IBM, released Apr 2025.
What are the best alternatives to Granite Speech 3.3 8B?›
Phi 4 Multimodal Instruct (open weights).