Granite 4.2 8B vs LongCat 2.0: side-by-side summary

Granite 4.2 8B and LongCat 2.0 are available through the OpenRouter API, so switching between them takes a model slug change rather than a new integration.

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.

LongCat 2.0, from meituan, has a 1,048,756-token context window and is priced at $0.30/M tokens input, $1.20/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Context window

• Granite 4.2 8B: 131,072 tokens
• LongCat 2.0: 1,048,756 tokens

Price

• Granite 4.2 8B: $0.10/M tokens input, $0.15/M tokens output
• LongCat 2.0: $0.30/M tokens input, $1.20/M tokens output

Provided by

• Granite 4.2 8B: ibm-granite
• LongCat 2.0: meituan

• Granite 4.2 8B model details, providers and pricing
• LongCat 2.0 model details, providers and pricing