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Ibm: Granite 4.2 8B

Reasoning model for deliberate analysis, multi-step problem solving, and tool use

Source-linked granite Open weights Released 2026-08-25
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InputT
OutputT
Input price$0.06/M
Output price$0.25/M
Context131.072K
Max output117.964K
Providers4
Inference availability

Providers

Provider-specific identifiers, limits, and listed prices per million tokens. Every row links back to the provider's own documentation.

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Providers offering Granite 4.2 8B
ProviderProvider model IDContextMax outputInputOutputCache readCapabilitiesDocs
OpenRouter ibm-granite/granite-4.2-8b 131.072K 117.964K $0.06 $0.25 $0.015 ReasoningToolsJSON Docs ↗
DevPass (LLM Gateway) granite-4.2-8b 131.072K 131.072K $0.06 $0.25 $0.015 ReasoningTools Docs ↗
NanoGPT ibm-granite/granite-4.2-8b 131.072K 117.964K $0.1 $0.15 $0.05 ReasoningToolsJSON Docs ↗
CoreWeave ibm-granite/granite-4.2-8b 131.072K 131.072K $0.1 $0.15 $0.05 ReasoningToolsJSON Docs ↗

Capability badges appear only where the provider catalog explicitly lists support. A blank cell means the source is silent, not that the feature is absent.

Listed rates

Price across providers

Input price per million tokens as published by each provider. Bars are drawn from listed rates only — no traffic weighting, since the catalog observes no requests.

Lowest input $0.06/M

Across 4 priced providers

Median input $0.08/M

Midpoint of listed rates

Highest input $0.1/M

1.7× the lowest listed rate

Output range $0.15 – $0.25

Per million output tokens

OpenRouter $0.06/M
DevPass (LLM Gateway) $0.06/M
NanoGPT $0.1/M
CoreWeave $0.1/M
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Excludes taxes, non-token charges, and tiered discounts.

2 providers list the identical $0.06 input rate, so price alone will not separate them — compare context limits, max output, and capabilities above.

Specification

Capabilities

Recorded from the source catalog and provider listings.

✓ Reasoning Yes
✓ Tool calling Yes
× Structured output No
× Attachments No
× Vision input No
✓ Open weights Yes
Creator
Ibm
Model family
granite
Knowledge cutoff
Not documented
License
Not documented
Release date
2026-08-25
Model ID
ibm/granite-4.2-8b
Published evaluations

Benchmarks

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Change log

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Public API

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API documentation
Endpoint
GET https://modelbench.lol/api/v1/models/ibm/granite-4.2-8b
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curl "https://modelbench.lol/api/v1/models/ibm/granite-4.2-8b"
Common questions

Frequently asked questions

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What is Granite 4.2 8B?

Reasoning model for deliberate analysis, multi-step problem solving, and tool use. It is published by Ibm and catalogued here from Models.dev.

How much does Granite 4.2 8B cost?

Listed input pricing starts at $0.06 per million tokens from OpenRouter, rising to $0.1 across 4 listed providers.

What is the context length of Granite 4.2 8B?

Granite 4.2 8B accepts up to 131.072K tokens of context and returns up to 117.964K output tokens.

Does Granite 4.2 8B support tool calling and structured output?

Provider catalogs list support for tool calling, and reasoning.

Which providers serve Granite 4.2 8B?

4 providers list this model: OpenRouter, DevPass (LLM Gateway), NanoGPT, CoreWeave.

Are the weights for Granite 4.2 8B open?

Yes. The weights are published.

When was Granite 4.2 8B released?

The catalog records a release date of 2026-08-25, last verified Oct 24, 2026.

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