# Granite 4.2 8B release · 2026-08-25 · snapshot 2026-10-24

Creator: IBM · 1 effort levels

| Effort level | Input modalities | Intelligence | Total cost | E2E | On the frontier today | ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granite 4.2 8B | Text | 11.10 | $53.1 | 39.3s | no | `granite-4-2-8b` |

Open weights · on the open-weights frontier today: 0 of 1

## Launch day (2026-08-25)

- Reached the frontier: 0 of 1
- Reached the open-weights frontier: 0 of 1
- Impact (intelligence × log-cost hypervolume gained): 0
- Rank: did not move the frontier; 46 releases this past year did
- Granite 4.2 8B missed: 4.4 points below GPT-5.6 Luna (Non-reasoning) at 2.31× its cost


> Metrics snapshot: 2026-10-24T21:34:57Z. Intelligence index version: unknown. Release timeline, frontier age, release impact and shakeup cards are reconstructions using one selected snapshot's metrics, not a record of what was known at release. Scores, benchmark cost and derived value may change when the index methodology changes. Source documentation advertises v4.3.2; API correspondence is unverified.