Granite 4.2 8B
Granite 4.2 8BAlternatives?
CheaperGPT-6 Lunamedium+2.5-26%$0.017Function calling only with none · Chat Completions+3IOpenK2 Horizon 7Bthinking+1+388%$0.30 / $1.20Memory (4-bit): 4.4 GB → 4.5 GBCheaperGPT-5.6 Lunanon-thinking+1-57%$0.01CheaperGranite 4.2 3BthinkingOpensame-75%$0.006
CheaperMinistral 3 3B 2512Opensame-67%$0.008GPT-6 Lunamedium+2.5-26%$0.017Function calling only with none · Chat Completions+3GPT-5.6 Lunanon-thinking+1-57%$0.01Granite 4.2 3BthinkingOpensame-75%$0.006Ministral 3 3B 2512Opensame-67%$0.008
Gemma 4 E4BthinkingOpensame-65%$0.008GPT-6 Lunamedium+2.5-26%$0.017Function calling only with none · Chat Completions+3
Claude Haiku 5.5low+12.6+4%$0.024Remove sampling parameters+5GPT-5.6 Lunahigh+2.5+86%$0.044
MiMo v2.6 FlashthinkingOpen+22.7+164%$0.062Memory (4-bit): 4.4 GB → 186 GB+4GPT-6.1 Sollow+30.8+454%$0.13Remove unsupported parameters+5
Qwen 3.5 9BthinkingOpensame+801%$0.21Memory (4-bit): 4.4 GB → 4.8 GBMinistral 3 14B 2512non-thinkingOpensame-18%$0.019Memory (4-bit): 4.4 GB → 7 GBMinistral 3 3B 2512Opensame-67%$0.008Ministral 3 8B 2512Opensame-53%$0.011Memory (4-bit): 4.4 GB → 4.5 GBGranite 4.2 30BthinkingOpensame+204%$0.072Memory (4-bit): 4.4 GB → 18 GBGranite 4.2 3BthinkingOpensame-75%$0.006Granite 4.1 30BOpenn/a—$0.10 / $0.25Memory (4-bit): 4.4 GB → 17 GBGranite 4.1 3BOpenn/a——Granite 4.1 8Bnon-thinkingOpenn/a——Granite 4.0 350Mnon-thinkingOpenn/a——Context: 128K → 33KGranite 4.0 H 350MOpenn/a——Context: 128K → 33KGranite 4.0 H 1BOpenn/a——All IBM models →Run it yourself
estimateFAQ
How much does Granite 4.2 8B cost?›
$0.06 per 1M input tokens and $0.25 per 1M output tokens (cheapest host: DeepInfra). A typical benchmark task costs about $0.024 at default effort.
Is Granite 4.2 8B free to use?›
There is no free API; the cheapest paid price is $0.06 per 1M input tokens. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.
How good is Granite 4.2 8B, and what is it best at?›
#196 of 334 in Chat & Knowledge, #75 of 132 in Coding, #98 of 133 in Agents & Tool Use, #176 of 195 in Writing & Language, #127 of 133 in Vision & Documents.
Is Granite 4.2 8B better than Gemma 4 31B?›
On Terminal-Bench 4.0, Granite 4.2 8B scores 0 vs 0 — about the same.
How can I use Granite 4.2 8B?›
Through the API of CoreWeave, DeepInfra.
What is the context window of Granite 4.2 8B?›
128K tokens, with up to 118K output tokens.
When was Granite 4.2 8B released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2026-08-25. It is the current version in its line.
Is Granite 4.2 8B open source?›
Yes, the weights are open (Apache-2.0 licence).
Can I run Granite 4.2 8B locally?›
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
Can Granite 4.2 8B read images?›
No, it accepts text only.
What is Granite 4.2 8B?›
Granite 4.2 8B is an open-weights language model from IBM, released Aug 2026, the successor to Granite 4.1 8B.
What are the best alternatives to Granite 4.2 8B?›
GPT-6 Luna (cheaper), K2 Horizon 7B (open weights).