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Granite 4.2 8B

IBMReleased Aug 25, 2026Current

Score basis

Granite 4.2 8B is capable in instruction following and behind the leaders in factuality and agentic tasks. Too few results yet to rate reasoning, coding, safety, long context, math, multimodal tasks, or multilingual tasks.

Capability profile

Bars show the model's median result as a share of the leading model's, per capability. Select a row to see its results.

Capable1 capability
  1. Instruction Following−20.6%1 of 3
Limited2 capabilities
  1. Factuality−36.3%2 of 4
  2. Agentic−54.3%3 of 7
Not rated7 capabilities

Too few results yet to rate Reasoning, Coding, Safety, Long Context, Math, Multimodal or Multilingual.

Price

$0.06input$0.25outputper million tokens

From Artificial Analysis · 3 providers tracked · All prices

Cheaper than 89% of 322 priced models · 3:1 input-to-output blend, log scale

Evidence

39results on33benchmarks

  • 1 independently verified
  • 15 aggregator
  • 23 vendor-reported

From 5 sources · latest Oct 24, 2026 · How verification works

API features

Tool callingStructured outputsReasoning

As listed by OpenRouter

Research

1 paper reference Granite 4.2 8B

Granite 4.2 8B benchmark results

39 results on 33 benchmarks, grouped by capability. Each bar is the result as a share of the capability leader's; every result links to its source.

Instruction Following

CapableFull instruction following ranking

20.6% behind the leader1 of 3 ranked benchmarks measured

Factuality

LimitedFull factuality ranking

36.3% behind the leader2 of 4 ranked benchmarks measured

Agentic

LimitedFull agentic ranking

54.3% behind the leader3 of 7 ranked benchmarks measured

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Reasoning

Not enough dataFull reasoning ranking

0 of 6 ranked benchmarks measured

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Coding

Not enough dataFull coding ranking

0 of 10 ranked benchmarks measured

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Long Context

Not enough dataFull long context ranking

0 of 3 ranked benchmarks measured

More results

Benchmarks outside the capability baskets. They are not ranked against a leader.

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Granite 4.2 8B: common questions

Who makes Granite 4.2 8B?

Granite 4.2 8B is made by IBM.

When was Granite 4.2 8B released?

Granite 4.2 8B was released on Aug 25, 2026, according to Artificial Analysis.

What is Granite 4.2 8B good at?

Granite 4.2 8B is capable in instruction following and behind the leaders in factuality and agentic tasks. Too few results yet to rate reasoning, coding, safety, long context, math, multimodal tasks, or multilingual tasks.

How much does Granite 4.2 8B cost?

Granite 4.2 8B costs $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.25 per million output tokens, according to Artificial Analysis. We track its price at 3 providers. At a mix of three input tokens to one output token, it is cheaper than 89% of the 322 priced models we track.

How many benchmarks has Granite 4.2 8B been tested on?

We track 39 results for Granite 4.2 8B on 33 benchmarks from 5 sources, 1 of them independently verified. The latest was recorded on Oct 24, 2026.

Which API features does Granite 4.2 8B support?

OpenRouter lists tool calling, structured outputs, and reasoning for Granite 4.2 8B.

About this record

Where Granite 4.2 8B's numbers come from, and every name it appears under.

Tracked since
Aug 25, 2026
Newest source mention
Sep 1, 2026

Where the results come from

Verification: 39 scores · 1 independently verified · 15 aggregator-attributed · 23 vendor-reported. How these tiers are assigned

From 5 sources on 3 sites. api.llm-stats.com supplies 16 of them; the 1 independently verified result comes from 1 site. Bars are coloured by trust tier.

  • api.llm-stats.com16
  • artificialanalysis.ai16
  • huggingface.co7

Also known as

Granite 4.2 8B Densegranite-4-2-8b