Granite 4.2 8B vs Mistral Medium 3.5: side-by-side summary

Granite 4.2 8B and Mistral Medium 3.5 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.

Mistral Medium 3.5, from Mistral AI, has a 262,144-token context window and is priced at $1.50/M tokens input, $7.50/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Context window

• Granite 4.2 8B: 131,072 tokens
• Mistral Medium 3.5: 262,144 tokens

Price

• Granite 4.2 8B: $0.10/M tokens input, $0.15/M tokens output
• Mistral Medium 3.5: $1.50/M tokens input, $7.50/M tokens output

Provided by

• Granite 4.2 8B: ibm-granite
• Mistral Medium 3.5: Mistral AI

• Granite 4.2 8B model details, providers and pricing
• Mistral Medium 3.5 model details, providers and pricing