Seed 2.1 Turbo vs Granite 4.2 8B: side-by-side summary

Seed 2.1 Turbo 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.

Seed 2.1 Turbo, from bytedance-seed, has a 262,144-token context window and is priced at $0.50/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

• Seed 2.1 Turbo: 262,144 tokens
• Granite 4.2 8B: 131,072 tokens

Price

• Seed 2.1 Turbo: $0.50/M tokens input, $2.50/M tokens output
• Granite 4.2 8B: $0.10/M tokens input, $0.15/M tokens output

Provided by

• Seed 2.1 Turbo: bytedance-seed
• Granite 4.2 8B: ibm-granite

• Seed 2.1 Turbo model details, providers and pricing
• Granite 4.2 8B model details, providers and pricing