Granite 4.2 8B

By IBM · released 2026-08-25 (2 weeks) · snapshot 2026-09-09

Not ranked · benchmark data missingopen weights
Intelligence index
12.40
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)
$0.06 / $0.25
End-to-end time
21.4s
Better than…

Is Granite 4.2 8B on the Pareto frontier, and what beats it?

Not ranked · benchmark data missing

Granite 4.2 8B does not report both selected axis metrics.

At a glance

Granite 4.2 8B today

Time to first answer17.3s
Output speed120 tok/s
Input modalitiesNot reported
Not plotted

Incomplete benchmark data

Intelligence and benchmark cost are both required to place this model on the frontier. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

Intelligence index
12.40
Benchmark cost
Not reported
Input / 1M tokens
0.06
Output / 1M tokens
0.25
Context window
Not reported

Intelligence: Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index. Cost: total cost to run that benchmark, so reasoning tokens count. API id: granite-4-2-8b.

Matchup

Compare head to head

Deciding

Should you use Granite 4.2 8B?

Should you use Granite 4.2 8B?

No verdict: it does not report both intelligence and benchmark cost.

What is better and cheaper than Granite 4.2 8B?

Other models on the intelligence-vs-cost frontier

How much does Granite 4.2 8B cost?

$0.06/$0.25 in/out per 1M tokens, and - to run the full Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, the honest all-in number for reasoning models.

Frontier membership by axis pair

Other axis pairs where Granite 4.2 8B is Pareto-optimal.

Y axisX axisOn the frontier
AA intelligence indexAA total cost to run (USD)no data
AA intelligence indexEnd-to-end total seconds
AA intelligence indexOutput speed tokens/sec
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