Nova 2 Lite vs Granite 4.2 8B: side-by-side summary

Nova 2 Lite 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.

Nova 2 Lite, from Amazon, has a 1,000,000-token context window and is priced at $0.30/M tokens input, $2.50/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

• Nova 2 Lite: 1,000,000 tokens
• Granite 4.2 8B: 131,072 tokens

Price

• Nova 2 Lite: $0.30/M tokens input, $2.50/M tokens output
• Granite 4.2 8B: $0.10/M tokens input, $0.15/M tokens output

Provided by

• Nova 2 Lite: Amazon
• Granite 4.2 8B: ibm-granite

• Nova 2 Lite model details, providers and pricing
• Granite 4.2 8B model details, providers and pricing