IBM › Granite 4.2 3B › Pricing
$0.03 / $0.12per 1M tokens in / out
$0.006per task at thinking?
Price sheetper 1M tokens
| Input | $0.03 | DeepInfra |
| Output | $0.12 | |
| Context | 128K | tokens |
Where to buy1 provider · per 1M tokens
| Provider | Input | Output | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
| DeepInfra | $0.03 | $0.12 | — |
In IBM's line-upper 1M in / out
| Granite 4.0 Micro | $0.017 / $0.11 | −22% |
| Granite 4.2 3B | $0.03 / $0.12 | this model |
| Granite 4.0 H Small | $0.05 / $0.22 | +76% |
| Granite 4.2 8B | $0.06 / $0.25 | 2× |
| Granite 4.2 30B | $0.16 / $0.65 | 5.4× |
Cheaper for the same workvs Granite 4.2 3B
| GPT-6 Luna low | -25% | score ×2.4 | $0.005 |
| GPT OSS 20B lowOpen | -31% | same score | $0.018 / $0.09 |
| Gemma 4 E4B non-thinkingOpen | -24% | score -18% | $0.02 / $0.10 |
| Qwen3.5 2B thinkingOpen | -24% | score -23% | $0.02 / $0.10 |
| Qwen3.5 0.8B thinkingOpen | -62% | score -32% | $0.01 / $0.05 |
Pricing questions
How much does Granite 4.2 3B cost?›
$0.03 per 1M input tokens and $0.12 per 1M output tokens. One Intelligence Index task costs about $0.006 at the default effort.
Is Granite 4.2 3B free to use?›
There is no free API tier, but the weights are open: you can run it on your own hardware for the cost of compute.
What is a cheaper alternative to Granite 4.2 3B?›
GPT-6 Luna at low effort costs -25% per task with a score ×2.4 on Humanity's Last Exam.