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IBM: Granite 4.2 8B (Reasoning)

ibm-granite/granite-4.2-8b-reasoning

IBM: Granite 4.2 8B (Reasoning) is a 131,072-token model served on Composite at $0.0750 per million tokens in and $0.313 per million tokens out.

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Specifications

Specifications and pricing as served by Composite
Model IDibm-granite/granite-4.2-8b-reasoning
Providercv11
Context window131,072 tokens
Acceptstext
Returnstext
Input price$0.0750 per million tokens
Output price$0.313 per million tokens
Prompt cachingSupported — cached input is billed at the provider's cache rate, on credits and plans alike
ThinkingOptional - see "IBM: Granite 4.2 8B (Reasoning) (Reasoning)" in the catalog to turn it on by default
ModeratedNo
Cost on a monthly planAbout 0.7 plan credits per typical call (8k in, 1k out)
Routing endpoints1

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Pricing

$0.0750 per million tokens input · $0.313 per million tokens output

Credits pay the provider’s price plus 25%; cache hits cost less.

On a monthly plan, a typical call (8k tokens in, 1k out) uses about 0.7 plan credits, at the provider's own price.

Provider

cv11

Roleplay fit

This model is available on Composite alongside dozens of others from other labs, so it is easy to compare against similar options.

Context behavior

With a 131,072-token context window, it can hold a long-running roleplay or a full lorebook in memory without losing earlier plot details, so it suits multi-session campaigns and character cards with heavy backstory.

Cost for regular use

It is priced low enough for high-volume daily roleplay without the per-message cost adding up quickly.

From the provider

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,...

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