AI model · IBM
Granite 4.2 8B
Model ID: ibm-granite/granite-4.2-8b
- Input
- $0.06 per 1M tokens
- Output
- $0.25 per 1M tokens
- Context
- 131K tokens at once
- Max output
- 118K tokens per reply
- Released
- 31 Aug 2026 IBM
What it can do
- YesReasoning
- YesTool calling
- NoImage input
- YesOpen weights
- NoFree to use
Takes text; gives text.
How its listing describes it
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.
Sources
- IBM: Granite 4.2 8B on OpenRouter — read 2 Oct 2026