Overview
Aion 3.5 vs Granite 4.2 8B: side-by-side summary
Aion 3.5 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 3.5, from Aion Labs, has a 262,144-token context window and is priced at $3/M tokens input, $6/M tokens output on OpenRouter.
Granite 4.2 8B, from ibm-granite, has a 131,072-token context window and is priced at $0.06/M tokens input, $0.25/M tokens output on OpenRouter.
- Context window
- Aion 3.5: 262,144 tokens
- Granite 4.2 8B: 131,072 tokens
- Price
- Aion 3.5: $3/M tokens input, $6/M tokens output
- Granite 4.2 8B: $0.06/M tokens input, $0.25/M tokens output
- Provided by
- Aion 3.5: Aion Labs
- Granite 4.2 8B: ibm-granite