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Granite 4.2 8B vs MiniMax M3

Compare Granite 4.2 8B from ibm-granite and MiniMax M3 from MiniMax on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the OpenRouter API.

Granite 4.2 8B vs MiniMax M3: side-by-side summary

Granite 4.2 8B and MiniMax M3 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 $0.06/M tokens input, $0.25/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

MiniMax M3, from MiniMax, has a 1,048,576-token context window and is priced at $0.23/M tokens input, $0.96/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Context window
  • Granite 4.2 8B: 131,072 tokens
  • MiniMax M3: 1,048,576 tokens
Price
  • Granite 4.2 8B: $0.06/M tokens input, $0.25/M tokens output
  • MiniMax M3: $0.23/M tokens input, $0.96/M tokens output
Provided by
  • Granite 4.2 8B: ibm-granite
  • MiniMax M3: MiniMax
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Granite 4.2 8B
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MiniMax M3
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Granite 4.2 8B
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Overview

Granite 4.2 8B
Author
ibm-granite
MiniMax M3
Author
MiniMax
Granite 4.2 8B
Context length
131Ktokens
MiniMax M3
Context length
1.05Mtokens
Granite 4.2 8B
Reasoning
MiniMax M3
Reasoning
Granite 4.2 8B
Input modalities
MiniMax M3
Input modalities
Granite 4.2 8B
Output modalities
MiniMax M3
Output modalities
model details, providers and pricing
model details, providers and pricing
Granite 4.2 8B
MiniMax M3