Granite 4.2 8B
IBM, a large technology company, released this mid-sized AI model that can reason through problems, write code and chat in many languages.
This came out before trckr began following OpenRouter, so it was added on Nov 6 without an alert. Its release date comes from OpenRouter.
Key facts
- Released
- Aug 31, 2026
- What it does
- Text and chat: Writes, answers questions and holds a conversation.Thinks first: Can reason step by step before it answers: slower, but better at maths, code and tricky questions.
Can I use it?
In an app
No app mentioned so far.
For developers
Developers can use it now through an API: How developers plug a model into their own apps and pay per use. A model that's "in the API" can be used by programmers, even if it isn't in a chat app yet..
Download
Not downloadable: it runs on the maker's own servers.
Price and limits
What developers pay to use it through the API: How developers plug a model into their own apps and pay per use. A model that's "in the API" can be used by programmers, even if it isn't in a chat app yet., per million Tokens: The small chunks of text a model reads and writes, about three-quarters of a word each. Prices and limits are counted in tokens. sent (input) or written back (output), and how much it can take in at once.
- Input
- $0.06
- per million tokensCached: $0.015
- Output
- $0.25
- per million tokens
- Context window: How much a model can keep in mind at once: your question, any files you share and its own replies. Measured in tokens; 1,000 tokens is about 750 words.
- 131K tokens
- about 98,000 words
From OpenRouter, checked .
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The details
IBM's 8B Reasoning model: A model that thinks step by step before answering. Slower, but much better at maths, code and tricky questions., aimed at math, code generation, multilingual chat and multi-step Agent: An AI that doesn't just answer but takes steps on its own to finish a task: searching the web, running code or using apps. tasks, now listed on OpenRouter: A service that gives developers one place to use hundreds of models from many labs. New models often appear there early, sometimes anonymously.. The listing does not say whether weights are downloadable.
Model ID: The exact name developers type to use a model, like gpt-5-mini. New IDs often show up in a lab's systems before the official announcement, which is how trckr spots many releases early.
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