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Granite 4.2 vs DeepSeek V4-Pro
2 of 5Open-Weight Models · verified 13 Sept 2026
Granite 4.2IBMcurrentDeepSeek V4-ProDeepSeekcurrent
| Specification | Granite 4.2 | DeepSeek V4-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Summary | 3B, 8B and 30B under Apache 2.0, with a switch that turns the reasoning off. | Best all-round open model of 2026. |
| Context | 131K, 512K extension claimed | — |
| Input ($/Mtok) | Weights only | — |
| Output ($/Mtok) | Weights only | — |
| Licence | Apache 2.0 | MIT |
| Max output | 32K | — |
| Parameters | 3B, 8B and 30B dense | — |
| Released | 25 Aug 2026 | — |
| Model ID | ibm-granite/granite-4.2 | — |
| Category | Open-Weight Models | Open-Weight Models |
| Official | — | DeepSeek ↗ |
Highlighted rows are where these differ.
Granite 4.2
- Three sizes, 3B, 8B and 30B, all dense and all Apache 2.0
- A thinking switch, so one checkpoint either reasons step by step or answers directly
- 30B scores 57.0 on SWE-bench Verified and 81.38 on RULER at 128K; the 8B scores 47.67
Best for enterprise on your own hardware.
DeepSeek V4-Pro
- Tops open leaderboards on agentic coding and reasoning
- MIT licence — no conditions
- Pioneered aggressive cache-hit pricing at ~$0.07/M
- DeepSeek routes all V4-Pro requests to V4.1 Flash from 14 September 2026
Best for everything open.