How much does Granite 4.2 8B cost?

On the OpenRouter route, Granite 4.2 8B costs $0.06 per 1 million input tokens and $0.25 per 1 million output tokens, in US dollars. Input tokens that Granite 4.2 8B reads from the prompt cache cost $0.015 per 1 million tokens. LLMCompare verified this price on 21 Oct 2026.

What is the context length of Granite 4.2 8B?

Granite 4.2 8B has a context length of 131,072 tokens and returns up to 117,964 output tokens in one call.

What inputs does Granite 4.2 8B accept?

Granite 4.2 8B accepts these inputs: Text. Granite 4.2 8B returns: Text.

Which reasoning effort levels does Granite 4.2 8B support?

Granite 4.2 8B supports these reasoning effort levels: high, low, none. Reasoning can be turned off for Granite 4.2 8B.

Can I test Granite 4.2 8B on my own data?

Not yet. LLMCompare lists the prices and parameters of Granite 4.2 8B, but no route to Granite 4.2 8B is configured on LLMCompare, so it cannot be selected for an evaluation.

Granite 4.2 8B

by IBMibm-granite/granite-4.2-8b

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Released 31 Aug 2026

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Granite 4.2 8B at a glance

Context length: 131,072 tokens
Maximum output: 117,964 tokens
Accepts: Text
Returns: Text
Features: ReasoningJSON outputTool callingPrompt caching
Reasoning effort levels: highlownoneReasoning can be turned off.
Released: 31 Aug 2026
Knowledge cutoff: Not published

Model facts synced from the OpenRouter model list on 21 Oct 2026.

Granite 4.2 8B pricing by route

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Prices of Granite 4.2 8B on each route
Route	On LLMCompare	Inputper 1M tokens	Outputper 1M tokens	Cache readper 1M tokens	Price verified on	Source
OpenRouterDefault	Not configured	$0.06	$0.25	$0.015	21 Oct 2026	openrouter.ai/ibm-granite/granite-4.2-8b

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Input tokens per call

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Output tokens per call

Reasoning tokens per call

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Number of calls

Cost per call: $0.00019; 1 credits
Cost of 100 calls: $0.0185; 100 credits

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Parameters you can set

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Parameters of Granite 4.2 8B
Parameter	Type	Range or options	Default
`temperature`	Number	0 to 2in steps of 0.1	Provider default
`top_p`	Number	0 to 1in steps of 0.05	Provider default
`max_tokens`	Integer	1 to 117,964	Provider default
`reasoning_effort`	One of	`highlownone`	`high`
`seed`	Integer	-2,147,483,648 to 4,294,967,295	Provider default
`response_format`	One of	`textjson_object`	Provider default

About Granite 4.2 8B

Granite 4.2 8B is a dense reasoning model from IBM. It is suited for mathematics, code generation, multilingual dialogue, and agentic workflows that need multi-step reasoning. It supports full, low-effort,...

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Questions about Granite 4.2 8B

How much does Granite 4.2 8B cost?: On the OpenRouter route, Granite 4.2 8B costs $0.06 per 1 million input tokens and $0.25 per 1 million output tokens, in US dollars. Input tokens that Granite 4.2 8B reads from the prompt cache cost $0.015 per 1 million tokens. LLMCompare verified this price on 21 Oct 2026.
What is the context length of Granite 4.2 8B?: Granite 4.2 8B has a context length of 131,072 tokens and returns up to 117,964 output tokens in one call.
What inputs does Granite 4.2 8B accept?: Granite 4.2 8B accepts these inputs: Text. Granite 4.2 8B returns: Text.
Which reasoning effort levels does Granite 4.2 8B support?: Granite 4.2 8B supports these reasoning effort levels: high, low, none. Reasoning can be turned off for Granite 4.2 8B.
Can I test Granite 4.2 8B on my own data?: Not yet. LLMCompare lists the prices and parameters of Granite 4.2 8B, but no route to Granite 4.2 8B is configured on LLMCompare, so it cannot be selected for an evaluation.