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Granite 4.2 8B

IBMfamily · Granite 4.2

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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Updated 1 h ago · first seen 11 Sept 2026

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Overview

Identity

Canonical model
Yesidentity confidence: mediumOne row per real model release. Artifacts (checkpoints, quantisations, conversions) and folded evaluation variants point here.
Official checkpoints
official_checkpoints = hf_repo identifiers carried by the model itself; artifacts are separate entities pointing here through canonical_id.
Artifacts
1 quantization0 official · 1 third-partySeparate entities (checkpoint · quantization · conversion · packaging) pointing to this model through canonical_id.
Provider deployments
1
API aliases
granite-4-2-8bibm-granite/granite-4.2-8bIdentifiers under which providers and evaluators refer to this model.
Folded evaluation variants
0Effort / thinking variants (…-high, …-non-reasoning) are result configurations of this model, not separate models. Their old URLs redirect here.

Openness

Open weights— weights downloadable; 7 dimensions unknown.

Weights downloadable under a permissive or Creative Commons licence allowing commercial use; code or data may be missing.

  • Weights

    Yes

  • Inference code

    —

  • Training code

    —

  • Training data

    —

  • Dataset

    —

  • Commercial use

    —

  • Redistribution

    —

  • Derivatives

    —

dimensions marked null are unknown, not false

Key facts

Release date

Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 11 h agomedium

Openrouter id

Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 11 h agomedium

Architecture

Hugging Face repo

Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 11 h agomedium

Capabilities

Modalities

Modalities
text
Input
text
Output
text

Capabilities

  • Tool calling

    Yes

    OpenRouter public model & pricing listing · T2

  • Structured output

    Yes

    OpenRouter public model & pricing listing · T2

  • Reasoning

    Yes

    OpenRouter public model & pricing listing · T2

  • Vision

    Unavailable

  • Audio

    Unavailable

  • Fine-tuning available

    Unavailable

Context window

Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 11 h agomedium

Max output

Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 11 h agomedium

Benchmarks12

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Comparable same task and conditions · Partially comparable same task, conditions differ (effort, temperature, judge) · Not comparable different variant or metric

Benchmark results grouped by comparability group
Benchmark · groupBest scoreTrustConfigurationResultsvs leaderEvaluatedSource
Terminal-Benchagentic · accuracy · variant=v2.1 · evaluator=Artificial AnalysisIndependentevaluatorArtificial Analysisvariantv2.1reasoningonconditions differ across rows → partially comparable2non-primary groupobs. 12 Sept 2026artificialanalysis.aiT2
Terminal-Benchagentic · accuracy · variant=v4.0 · evaluator=Artificial AnalysisIndependentevaluatorArtificial Analysisvariantv4.0reasoningonconditions differ across rows → partially comparable2non-primary groupobs. 12 Sept 2026artificialanalysis.aiT2
SciCodecoding · accuracy · evaluator=Artificial AnalysisIndependentevaluatorArtificial Analysisreasoningonconditions differ across rows → partially comparable2−31.6 ptvs Claude Fable 5.1obs. 12 Sept 2026artificialanalysis.aiT2
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Indexcomposite · indexIndependentreasoningonversion4.3conditions differ across rows → partially comparable2−41.6vs Claude Fable 5.1obs. 12 Sept 2026artificialanalysis.aiT2
Humanity's Last Examknowledge · accuracy · evaluator=Artificial AnalysisIndependentevaluatorArtificial Analysisreasoningonconditions differ across rows → partially comparable2−49.5 ptvs Claude Fable 5.1obs. 12 Sept 2026artificialanalysis.aiT2
GPQA Diamondreasoning · accuracy · variant=Diamond · evaluator=Artificial AnalysisIndependentevaluatorArtificial AnalysisvariantDiamondreasoningonconditions differ across rows → partially comparable1non-primary groupobs. 12 Sept 2026artificialanalysis.aiT2
GPQA Diamondreasoning · accuracy · variant=GPQA Diamond · evaluator=Artificial AnalysisIndependentevaluatorArtificial AnalysisvariantGPQA Diamond1−33.1 ptvs gpt-6-astraobs. 11 Sept 2026artificialanalysis.aiT2

Current rows only, grouped by benchmark → canonical metric → comparability group (task configuration). Effort variants folded into this model appear as rows of the same group. 12 current rows in total. “vs leader” compares with the current leader of the benchmark's primary group only; other groups are not directly comparable. Comparability rules →

Providers & Pricing1

All offers in the price terminal →
Provider deployments, cheapest output first
ProviderContextInput / 1MCached inOutput / 1MStatusObservedSource
OpenRoutercheapest outputibm-granite/granite-4.2-8b131.1Kout 118K$0.015active50 min agosince 11 Sept 2026openrouter.aiT2

USD per 1M tokens as published by each provider; native units (per-request fees, flex/priority tiers) are kept verbatim. Rows are append-only — every price change is kept in the history below. Cost of a workload →

Price history

Step lines per provider; amber markers are recorded changes. Click a marker or a row for the evidence behind that price.

Output price · USD / 1M tokens 1 provider

Output price history of Granite 4.2 8B$0$0.10$0.20$0.30Sept 26Sept 26Sept 26Sept 26OpenRouter: first observed → $0.25 · 11 Sept 2026
  • OpenRouter
  • OpenRouterfirst observed $0.2511 Sept 2026

Input price · USD / 1M tokens 1 provider

Input price history of Granite 4.2 8B$0$0.02$0.04$0.06$0.08Sept 26Sept 26Sept 26Sept 26OpenRouter: first observed → $0.06 · 11 Sept 2026
  • OpenRouter
  • OpenRouterfirst observed $0.0611 Sept 2026

Lineage

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Explicit derived_from / fine_tuned_from / distilled_from relations stated by sources; artifacts collapsed by kind.
DESCENDANTS 0 · ARTIFACTS1 quantizationartifacts · collapsed1 quantization — artifacts · collapsedGranite 4.2 8Bthis modelGranite 4.2 8B — this model

    Versions & Artifacts1

    Version history

    Context windowfirst observation only

    11 Sept 2026current

    Max outputfirst observation only

    11 Sept 2026current

    Opennessfirst observation only

    11 Sept 2026current

    Each hop is a claim: click a value for its source, tier and observation time. Nothing is overwritten — a new observation closes the previous claim.

    Artifacts 1

    quantization 1

    Timeline6

    Full timeline →

    Change history19

    Temporal, append-only claims: a new observation closes the previous claim instead of overwriting it. Rewind the record with the as-of picker.

    Viewing AI Atlas as of 12 Sept 2026 — attributes exactly as the atlas knew them on that day; later corrections are not shown.

    Back to today →

    Attributes as of 12 Sept 2026 19 claims in force

    Release date
    31 Aug 2026
    Openness
    open-weights
    Context window
    131.1K tokens
    Max output
    118K tokens
    Modalities
    text
    Input modalities
    text
    Output modalities
    text
    Hugging Face repo
    ibm-granite/granite-4.2-8b
    Aa context window
    131,072
    Aa openness
    open-weights
    Aa median output tokens per second
    89.3
    Openrouter id
    ibm-granite/granite-4.2-8b
    Openrouter listed at
    31 Aug 2026
    Reasoning
    Yes
    Structured output
    Yes
    Supported parameters
    frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, logit_bias, logprobs, max_tokens, min_p, presence_penalty, reasoning, reasoning_effort, repetition_penalty, response_format, seed, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_logprobs, top_p
    Tool calling
    Yes
    Weights available
    Yes
    19 claims · 19 properties

    Release daterelease_date1

    Claim history for Release date
    ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
    31 Aug 2026 → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

    Opennessopenness1

    Claim history for Openness
    ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
    open-weights → currentcurrentArtificial AnalysisT2mediumdeterministic

    Context windowcontext_length1

    Claim history for Context window
    ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
    131.1K tokens → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

    Max outputmax_output_tokens1

    Claim history for Max output
    ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
    118K tokens → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

    Modalitiesmodalities1

    Claim history for Modalities
    ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
    text → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

    Input modalitiesmodalities_input1

    Claim history for Input modalities
    ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
    text → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

    Output modalitiesmodalities_output1

    Claim history for Output modalities
    ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
    text → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

    Hugging Face repohf_repo1

    Claim history for Hugging Face repo
    ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
    ibm-granite/granite-4.2-8b → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

    Aa context windowaa_context_window1

    Claim history for Aa context window
    ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
    131,072 tokens → currentcurrentArtificial AnalysisT2mediumdeterministic

    Aa opennessaa_openness1

    Claim history for Aa openness
    ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
    open-weights → currentcurrentArtificial AnalysisT2mediumdeterministic

    Descriptiondescription1

    Claim history for Description
    ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
    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,... → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

    Aa median output tokens per secondmetric.aa_median_output_tokens_per_second1

    Claim history for Aa median output tokens per second
    ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
    89.3 → currentcurrentArtificial AnalysisT2mediumdeterministic

    Openrouter idopenrouter_id1

    Claim history for Openrouter id
    ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
    ibm-granite/granite-4.2-8b → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

    Openrouter listed atopenrouter_listed_at1

    Claim history for Openrouter listed at
    ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
    31 Aug 2026 → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

    Reasoningreasoning1

    Claim history for Reasoning
    ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
    Yes → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

    Structured outputstructured_output1

    Claim history for Structured output
    ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
    Yes → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

    Supported parameterssupported_parameters1

    Claim history for Supported parameters
    ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
    frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, logit_bias, logprobs, max_tokens, min_p, presence_penalty, reasoning, reasoning_effort, repetition_penalty, response_format, seed, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_logprobs, top_p → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

    Tool callingtool_calling1

    Claim history for Tool calling
    ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
    Yes → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

    Weights availableweights_available1

    Claim history for Weights available
    ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
    Yes → currentcurrentAI Atlas curated registry (YAML, versioned in git, every entry carries its source URL)T2highderived

    Claims are temporal and append-only: a new observation closes the previous claim (valid_to) instead of overwriting it. Conflicting claims from different sources are kept side by side and flagged — never averaged. Methodology →

    Provenance

    Attributed facts

    20

    Source tiers

    T220

    Freshest observation

    1 h ago

    Conflicts

    None

    Source documents 3

    Source documents
    SourceDocumentTypeTierLast observedSnapshots
    OpenRouter public model & pricing listingopenrouter.ai/api/v1/models catalogueT2· Quality secondary50 min ago8
    Artificial Analysisartificialanalysis.ai/leaderboards/models leaderboardT2· Quality secondary1 h ago2
    Hugging Face Hub (public pages, model cards, papers)huggingface.co/ibm-granite/granite-4.2-8b-GGUF model_pageT2· Quality secondary5 h ago5

    Tier 1 = official/primary, 2 = quality secondary, 3 = community, 4 = unverified. Every snapshot is archived; see all sources and the methodology.

    Data quality (60/100) measures how well AI Atlas knows this entity — completeness, primary-source ratio, freshness, conflicts — never how good the model is. Methodology →