Model Detail
granite-4.2-8b
—granite-4.2-8b is a large language model with 8B parameters released by ibm-granite. The model is registered under the text-generation pipeline tag on Hugging Face, and supports text->text inputs, distributed under the permissive apache-2.0 license.
granite-4.2-8b is priced at $0.1/M input tokens and $0.15/M output tokens. Operationally the model offers a 131K-token context window, which matters when sizing it for prompt-heavy or latency-sensitive workloads. At this input rate the model sits in the commodity tier and is suitable for high-volume workloads where per-call cost dominates the decision.
granite-4.2-8b ships with 8B parameters. Total weight footprint is approximately 8.8 GB, which is the relevant figure when planning local-inference VRAM. The apache-2.0 license is permissive, allowing commercial deployment and derivative work without per-seat fees, though attribution requirements still apply.
granite-4.2-8b is best fit for general-purpose chat and instruction-following workloads, and high-volume batch jobs where per-call cost dominates the budget. Treat this as a starting matrix rather than a benchmark verdict — the right deployment usually depends on the specific evaluation suite that mirrors your workload.
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