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Granite 4.2 8B vs Mistral Medium 3.5

Compare Granite 4.2 8B from ibm-granite and Mistral Medium 3.5 from Mistral AI on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the OpenRouter API.

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Granite 4.2 8B
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Mistral Medium 3.5
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Granite 4.2 8B
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Mistral Medium 3.5

Overview

Granite 4.2 8B
Author
ibm-granite
Mistral Medium 3.5
Author
Mistral AI
Granite 4.2 8B
Context length
131Ktokens
Mistral Medium 3.5
Context length
262Ktokens
Granite 4.2 8B
Reasoning
Mistral Medium 3.5
Reasoning
Granite 4.2 8B
Input modalities
Mistral Medium 3.5
Input modalities
Granite 4.2 8B
Output modalities
Mistral Medium 3.5
Output modalities

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 $0.06/M tokens input, $0.25/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: $0.06/M tokens input, $0.25/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
  • model details, providers and pricing
Granite 4.2 8B
model details, providers and pricing
Mistral Medium 3.5