IBM: Granite 4.2 8B

8B

Granite 4.2 8B is a dense reasoning model from IBM.

Context
131K
Max output
118K
Input price
$0.06/1M tokens
Output price
$0.15/1M tokens

Capabilities

Reasoning & Interaction
Reasoning
Tool Calling
Output Control
Structured Output
JSON Mode

Details

Model IDibm-granite/granite-4.2-8b
Provider OpenRouter
Creator ibm-granite
Family—
License—
Status—
Typechat
Input modalitiestext
Output modalitiestext
Open weight—
Parameters8B
Architecture—
Context window131K tokens
Max input—
Max output118K tokens
Reasoning tokens—
Knowledge cutoff—
Release date
Sourceofficial

Tools

Function Callingfunction_calling
Call external functions and APIs

Pricing

Input
$0.06
Output
$0.15
Cache write
—
Cache read
$0.02
Batch in
—
Batch out
—

API

GET/v1/models/openrouter/ibm-granite/granite-4.2-8b

IBM: Granite 4.2 8B

ibm-granite/granite-4.2-8b

Granite 4.2 8B is a dense reasoning model from IBM.

Changes · 6 entries
ibm-granite/granite-4.2-8bcreateca7a400Nov 2, 2026, 03:02 AM
ibm-granite/granite-4.2-8bupdateb2f45bfOct 29, 2026, 03:29 AM
pricingoutput$0.25→$0.15
ibm-granite/granite-4.2-8bupdatef13f134Sep 22, 2026, 06:39 AM
pricinginput$0.1→$0.06output$0.15→$0.25cached input$0.05→$0.015
ibm-granite/granite-4.2-8bupdateaf38e5cSep 21, 2026, 06:49 AM
pricinginput$0.06→$0.1output$0.25→$0.15cached input$0.015→$0.05
ibm-granite/granite-4.2-8bupdate79684d6Sep 9, 2026, 06:38 AM
pricinginput$0.1→$0.06output$0.15→$0.25cached input$0.05→$0.015
ibm-granite/granite-4.2-8bcreate639b255Sep 1, 2026, 11:11 AM