Granite 4.2 8B
Granite 4.2 8BAlternatives?
CheaperGemma 3 27BunstatedOpenwins 70%-7%$0.08 / $0.16Memory (4-bit): 4.4 GB → 16 GB
BetterGPT-5 Minihighwins 67%+540%$0.053OpenGemma 3 12Bunstatedwins 68%-42%$0.05 / $0.10Memory (4-bit): 4.4 GB → 6.1 GBCheaperGPT OSS 120BunstatedOpenwins 61%-44%$0.03 / $0.15Memory (4-bit): 4.4 GB → 70 GBCheaperGemma 3 4BunstatedOpenwins 60%-60%$0.04 / $0.05Gemma 3 27BunstatedOpenwins 70%-7%$0.08 / $0.16Memory (4-bit): 4.4 GB → 16 GBGemma 3 12BunstatedOpenwins 68%-42%$0.05 / $0.10Memory (4-bit): 4.4 GB → 6.1 GBGPT OSS 120BunstatedOpenwins 61%-44%$0.03 / $0.15Memory (4-bit): 4.4 GB → 70 GBGemma 3 4BunstatedOpenwins 60%-60%$0.04 / $0.05Gemma 2 9B ItOpenwins 58%-65%$0.03 / $0.06Context: 128K → 8K+1GPT-5 Minihighwins 67%+540%$0.053GPT-6 Lunamaxwins 77%+86%$0.068Function calling only with none · Chat Completions+3GPT-5.6 Lunaxhighwins 77%+319%$0.085GPT-5.6 Terraxhighwins 79%+4,086%$0.63Prompts with >272K input tokensGPT-6.1 Solmaxwins 81%+3,621%$0.72Remove unsupported parameters+5Gemma 3 12BunstatedOpenwins 68%-42%$0.05 / $0.10Memory (4-bit): 4.4 GB → 6.1 GBGemma 3n E4B InstructunstatedOpenwins 64%——Context: 128K → 32K
NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4Openwins 62%——Memory (4-bit): 4.4 GB → 11 GBGemma 3 4BunstatedOpenwins 60%-60%$0.04 / $0.05Granite 4.1 8BunstatedOpenwins 59%——Granite 4.2 30BunstatedOpenwins 59%—$0.16 / $0.65Memory (4-bit): 4.4 GB → 18 GBGranite 4.1 8BunstatedOpenwins 59%——Granite 4.0 H SmallunstatedOpenwins 56%—$0.05 / $0.22Memory (4-bit): 4.4 GB → 19 GBGranite 4.2 3BunstatedOpensame—$0.03 / $0.12Granite 4.1 30BOpenn/a—$0.10 / $0.25Memory (4-bit): 4.4 GB → 17 GBGranite 4.1 3BOpenn/a——Granite 4.0 350Mnon-thinkingOpenn/a——Context: 128K → 33KGranite 4.0 H 350MOpenn/a——Context: 128K → 33KAll IBM models →Run it yourself
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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 Granite 4.1 8B?›
On Arena Text · creative writing, Granite 4.2 8B scores 1,201 vs 1,263 — lower.
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?›
Gemma 3 27B (cheaper), GPT-5 Mini (better), Gemma 3 12B (open weights).