Granite 4.2 8B is an 8-billion-parameter dense reasoning model from IBM with a 131K-token context window, designed for tasks requiring multi-step reasoning.
- Strengths
- It performs well on mathematics, code generation, multilingual dialogue, and agentic workflows that need step-by-step problem solving.
- Best for
- Enterprise applications requiring reasoning over long contexts, such as complex coding tasks, mathematical problem-solving, and multi-turn agent interactions.
- Limitations
- As a dense model, it may be slower than smaller alternatives like Granite 4.0 Micro when latency is critical, and it requires more computational resources than lighter-weight options.
Input / 1M
$0.06
Output / 1M
$0.25
Cached input / 1M
$0.015
Context window
131K
Price history
Input (solid)Output (dashed)
Price change
- 30d
- in decreased 40.0% out increased 66.7%
- 90d
- in decreased 40.0% out increased 66.7%
- 1y
- in decreased 40.0% out increased 66.7%
- Since launch
- in decreased 40.0% out increased 66.7%
Snapshots
| Effective | Input | Output | Cached in | Note | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Sep 2026 | $0.06 | $0.25 | $0.015 | Imported from OpenRouter | openrouter.ai |
| 1 Sep 2026 | $0.1 | $0.15 | $0.05 | Imported from OpenRouter | openrouter.ai |