Granite 4.2 8B
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ibm-granite/granite-4.2-8bGranite 4.2 8B is IBM's dense, decoder-only 8B-parameter reasoning model (Apache 2.0 license, 128K native context extendable to 512K) with switchable full, low-effort, and non-thinking modes, released August 25, 2026 as the mid-size member of the Granite 4.2 family. IBM positions it for enterprise use in mathematics, code generation, multilingual dialogue across 12 languages, and agentic tool-calling workflows on modest hardware.
Cost rate
0.1x
Context
131K
Released
Aug 31, 2026
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ReasoningTool callingStructured outputs
Best at
The categories where this model ranks highest.
Software & IT Services
#258 路 top 64%
Business, Management, & Finance
#269 路 top 68%
Medicine & Healthcare
#281 路 top 76%
Life, Physical, & Social Science
#286 路 top 72%
Performance
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Throughput66 tok/s
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