Question 1

How much does Granite 4.2 8B cost per token?

Accepted Answer

As of May 2026, Granite 4.2 8B costs $0.060 per 1 million input tokens and $0.250 per 1 million output tokens — an output-to-input ratio of 4.2×. A 1,000-token input request costs $0.0001; a 10,000-token input request costs $0.0006. These prices are sourced from live OpenRouter data and verified against the provider's published pricing page.

Question 2

How many tokens does Granite 4.2 8B support per request?

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Granite 4.2 8B's context window and per-request output cap are listed in the pricing table above. The context window is the maximum input + output combined; the output limit is how many tokens the model can generate in a single response. Most 2026 flagship models support at least 128,000-token context windows, with Gemini 2.5 Pro reaching 1 million tokens.

Question 3

Is Granite 4.2 8B good for coding?

Accepted Answer

Granite 4.2 8B's coding performance depends on its tier (see the badge above). Reasoning-tier models (OpenAI o3, DeepSeek R1) lead on hard algorithmic problems; balanced models like Claude Sonnet 4 and GPT-4o lead on long-context codebase work. For specifics, check the strengths section above and the /compare/best-models-for-coding ranking.

Question 4

How does Granite 4.2 8B compare to other AI models?

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See the related models grid below this section for direct comparisons. Granite 4.2 8B is best understood relative to: (1) cheaper models in the same family (when speed matters more than capability), (2) competitor flagships at the same tier (for head-to-head decisions), and (3) reasoning models (when accuracy on hard problems outweighs cost).

Input price	$0.060 / 1M tokens
Output price	$0.250 / 1M tokens
Output / input ratio	4.2×
Context window	131,072 tokens (~98,304 words)
Maximum output	117,964 tokens
Cost per 1K tokens (input)	$0.0001
Tier	Fast
Last verified	2026-10-20

Request Type	Tokens	Input Cost	Output Cost
1,000 word article	1,333	$0.00008	$0.0001
10-page document (2,500 words)	3,333	$0.0002	$0.00025
1,000 lines of code	5,000	$0.0003	$0.000375
100K token document	100,000	$0.006	$0.0075

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