Aion-3.0-Mini vs Granite 4.2 8B: side-by-side summary

Aion-3.0-Mini and Granite 4.2 8B are available through the OpenRouter API, so switching between them takes a model slug change rather than a new integration.

Aion-3.0-Mini, from Aion Labs, has a 131,072-token context window and is priced at $0.70/M tokens input, $1.40/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Granite 4.2 8B, from ibm-granite, has a 131,072-token context window and is priced at $0.10/M tokens input, $0.15/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Context window

• Aion-3.0-Mini: 131,072 tokens
• Granite 4.2 8B: 131,072 tokens

Price

• Aion-3.0-Mini: $0.70/M tokens input, $1.40/M tokens output
• Granite 4.2 8B: $0.10/M tokens input, $0.15/M tokens output

Provided by

• Aion-3.0-Mini: Aion Labs
• Granite 4.2 8B: ibm-granite

• Aion-3.0-Mini model details, providers and pricing
• Granite 4.2 8B model details, providers and pricing