When was IBM Granite 4.2 8B released?

IBM Granite 4.2 8B was released on August 25, 2026 by IBM. This is the official IBM Granite 4.2 8B release date tracked on LLM Stats.

Is IBM Granite 4.2 8B available via API?

Yes, IBM Granite 4.2 8B is available via API. See the official documentation for authentication and endpoint details.

How big is IBM Granite 4.2 8B?

IBM Granite 4.2 8B has 8 billion parameters. It ships as an open-weight model, so you can download and run it on your own hardware.

Who created IBM Granite 4.2 8B?

IBM Granite 4.2 8B was created by IBM.

What is the license for IBM Granite 4.2 8B?

IBM Granite 4.2 8B is released under the Apache 2.0 license. This is an open-source / open-weight license that permits self-hosting.

Where is the IBM Granite 4.2 8B paper or technical report?

IBM Granite 4.2 8B has a paper or technical report available at https://huggingface.co/ibm-granite/granite-4.2-8b. Use that source for architecture, training, release and evaluation details.

What models should I compare IBM Granite 4.2 8B against?

Common IBM Granite 4.2 8B comparisons include IBM Granite 4.2 8B vs Llama 3.1 405B Instruct, IBM Granite 4.2 8B vs Nemotron Nano 9B v2, IBM Granite 4.2 8B vs Claude Sonnet 4.5. Compare them side by side for benchmark scores, pricing, context window, latency and API availability.

IBM Granite 4.2 8B API Pricing, Context Window & Benchmarks

Name: IBM Granite 4.2 8B
Author: IBM

IBM Granite 4.2 8B: API Pricing, Context Window & Benchmarks

IBM Granite 4.2 8B is a language model from IBM, released in August 2026.

IBM Granite 4.2 8B is a mid-size dense decoder-only reasoning LLM in the Granite 4.2 family. It supports native think, non-think, and low-effort modes, tool calling, and a 128K native context window with extension to 512K. Like the 30B, it

IBM Granite 4.2 8B benchmarks

Capability tiers

Standing within each category, adjusted for leaderboard depth.

Real tasks performance

High-confidence performance for IBM Granite 4.2 8B across real-world prompt categories. Only 95% intervals at most 4 points wide are shown.

Performance by conversation depth

How IBM Granite 4.2 8B holds up as conversations get longer.

Quality Tracker

IBM Granite 4.2 8B Performance Across Datasets

Scores sourced from the model's scorecard, paper, or official blog posts

llm-stats.com - Mon Aug 31 2026

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IBM Granite 4.2 8B model size

IBM Granite 4.2 8B has 8 billion parameters. See how it compares to other models in the same parameter range.

Parameters

Small (3–10B)

1B7B70B405B

IBM Granite 4.2 8B API

Available from the model provider

IBM Granite 4.2 8B has an official provider API. It is not currently routed through the LLM Stats gateway.

Read the official API documentation

IBM Granite 4.2 8B latency

IBM Granite 4.2 8B time to first token, sustained output throughput, and failed-request rate from live API traffic over the trailing 7 days.

IBM Granite 4.2 8B examples

Recent arena outputs from IBM Granite 4.2 8B, picked from the highest-ranked matchups.

IBM Granite 4.2 8B license

IBM Granite 4.2 8B is released under the Apache 2.0 license, which permits commercial use, has 8.0B parameters.

License: Apache 2.0; Commercial use allowed
Parameters: 8.0B

Apache License 2.0 - allows commercial use

IBM Granite 4.2 8B resources

Official sources for IBM Granite 4.2 8B: api documentation, official playground, official launch post, source repository.

IBM Granite 4.2 8B vs other models

The most-compared alternatives to IBM Granite 4.2 8B are Llama 3.1 405B Instruct, Nemotron Nano 9B v2, Claude Sonnet 4.5. Open any pair side-by-side for benchmarks, pricing, context, and latency.