BenchLeader

Granite 4.2 8B

Best configuration ranks #319 of 610 on the BenchLeader Index at 48.6 ±3.1. Last measured 2 Sept 2026. Released 25 Aug 2026.

Blended price
$0.108/M
$0.060 in · $0.250 out
Output speed
120 tok/s
First answer
17 s
first token 0.39 s
Context
131k
How it scores by categoryDashed line = average model (50). One step of 15 = one standard deviation.
  1. Overall index49
  2. Reasoning45
  3. Coding49
  4. Knowledge56
  5. Human preference45
  6. Long context48
  7. Composite45

Benchmark results

One column per reasoning effort. Rank is among every configuration of every model on that benchmark. Hover a score for the run it came from.

Reasoning

Coding

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LMArena Coding1364#205LMArena
SciCode (AA)not in index31.5%#145Artificial Analysis

Knowledge

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AA-Omniscience-17.2#171Artificial Analysis

Human preference

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LMArena Text1288#240LMArena

Long context

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AA-LCR45.0%#269Artificial Analysis

Composite

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AA Intelligence Index12.4#266Artificial Analysis

Where to run it

Every provider serving this model through OpenRouter, with throughput and first-token latency measured on live traffic over the last 30 minutes and each provider’s own price. Purple marks the best in each column.

ProviderSpeedFirst tokenInput $/MOutput $/MContextQuantisation
CoreWeave64 tok/s0.20 s$0.100$0.150131kbf16
DeepInfra31 tok/s0.57 s$0.060$0.250131kbf16

What a task costs

Estimates from list price, output speed and time to first answer for the best configuration. “With caching” assumes three-quarters of the input is served from the prompt cache. Reasoning tokens are not modelled.

WorkloadTokens in / outCostWith cachingTime
Chat reply400 / 300$0.000119.8 s
Summarise a 30-page report12,000 / 600$0.000922.3 s
Code edit6,000 / 1,500$0.000729.8 s
Agentic coding session60,000 / 4,000$0.004650.7 s
Structured extraction2,000 / 200$0.000218.9 s

See also

Data as of 9 Sept 2026. Compare with another model.