Overview
Granite 4.2 8B vs Mistral Small 4: side-by-side summary
Granite 4.2 8B and Mistral Small 4 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 Small 4, from Mistral AI, has a 262,144-token context window and is priced at $0.15/M tokens input, $0.60/M tokens output on OpenRouter.
- Context window
- Granite 4.2 8B: 131,072 tokens
- Mistral Small 4: 262,144 tokens
- Price
- Granite 4.2 8B: $0.06/M tokens input, $0.25/M tokens output
- Mistral Small 4: $0.15/M tokens input, $0.60/M tokens output
- Provided by
- Granite 4.2 8B: ibm-granite
- Mistral Small 4: Mistral AI