Granite 4.2 8Bon Krater.ai
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,
Released August 31, 2026
Specifications
Granite 4.2 8B at a glance
Context
131.1K tokens
Max output
118K tokens
Input
Text
Output
Text
Input price
$0.10 / 1M
Output price
$0.15 / 1M
Capabilities
What it is good at
Catalog capabilities
- Generates text responses
- Supports tool calling
- Supports structured outputs
Good for
Benchmarks
Catalog data, not Krater benchmarks.
Coding index score
22.4
Agentic index score
3.8
Intelligence index score
13.9
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