Pyyan / Open-Weight Models / Granite 4.2

Granite 4.2

3B, 8B and 30B under Apache 2.0, with a switch that turns the reasoning off.

currentIBMVerified 2026-09-02

57.0

SWE-bench Verified, 30B

Specifications

Context131K, 512K extension claimedsource · as of 2026-09-02
Input ($/Mtok)Weights onlysource · as of 2026-09-02
Output ($/Mtok)Weights onlysource · as of 2026-09-02
LicenceApache 2.0source · as of 2026-09-02
Max output32Ksource · as of 2026-09-02 · low confidence
Parameters3B, 8B and 30B densesource · as of 2026-09-02
Released25 Aug 2026source · as of 2026-09-02
Model IDibm-granite/granite-4.2source · as of 2026-09-02

What matters

  • 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.