---
id: "ibm-granite/granite-4.2-8b"
also: ["ibm-granite/granite-4.2-8b-20260831", "ibm-granite/granite-4.2-8b", "hf/ibm-granite/granite-4.2-8b"]
cheapest_list_usd_per_m: "0.06 in, 0.15 out, at coreweave/bf16 on openrouter"
cheapest_effective_usd_per_m: "0.0212 in, 0.1482 out, at coreweave/bf16 on openrouter"
context: 131072
max_output: 117964
input: ["text"]
output: ["text"]
released: "2026-08-31"
reasoning: ["high", "low", "none"]
api: ["/api/v1/chat/completions", "/api/v1/completions", "/api/v1/messages", "/api/v1/responses"]
params: ["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"]
endpoints: 3
gateways: "openrouter (2), hf (1)"
no_training: 2
trains: 0
retains_prompts: 0
intelligence: 5.1000
coding: 22.4000
agentic: 1.3000
---
# IBM: 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,...