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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,...
1pricing route
What published route metadata supports
CachingHugging FaceReasoningStructured outputTool use
Input modalities
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Supported API parameters
frequency_penaltyinclude_reasoninglogit_biaslogprobsmax_tokensmin_ppresence_penaltyreasoningreasoning_effortrepetition_penaltyresponse_formatseedstopstructured_outputstemperaturetool_choicetoolstop_ktop_logprobstop_p
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Release dateNot independently verified
Knowledge cutoffNot independently verified
Open weightsNot independently verified
OpenRouter catalog date2026-08-31
LLMPrice does not infer a release date, knowledge cutoff, or open-weight status from a model name, Hugging Face link, or pricing route.
Could this workload cost less?Compare Granite 4.2 8B with cheaper models using the same workload.
Find cheaper alternatives →| Endpoint / route | Model ID | Input | Cached | Output | Context | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouterStandard | ibm-granite/granite-4.2-8b | $0.06 | $0.015 | $0.15 | 131K | OpenRouter API ↗ |
Hugging Face references
Presence of a Hugging Face ID is not treated as proof that model weights are open.
4 verified price changes since Aug 26, 2026
1 route availability change recorded. No earlier prices are inferred.
Input / 1M$0.06Sep 1, 2026 → Sep 22, 2026
Output / 1M$0.15Sep 1, 2026 → Oct 29, 2026
- Oct 29, 2026OpenRouter · Standard
Output $0.25 → $0.15
- Sep 22, 2026OpenRouter · Standard
Input $0.1 → $0.06 · Cached input $0.05 → $0.015 · Output $0.15 → $0.25
- Sep 21, 2026OpenRouter · Standard
Input $0.06 → $0.1 · Cached input $0.015 → $0.05 · Output $0.25 → $0.15
- Sep 9, 2026OpenRouter · Standard
Input $0.1 → $0.06 · Cached input $0.05 → $0.015 · Output $0.15 → $0.25
- Sep 1, 2026OpenRouter · Standard
New pricing route added