Overview
Granite 4.2 8B vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: side-by-side summary
Granite 4.2 8B and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 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.
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning, from Nvidia, has a 262,144-token context window and is priced at $0.065/M tokens input, $0.18/M tokens output on OpenRouter.
- Context window
- Granite 4.2 8B: 131,072 tokens
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 262,144 tokens
- Price
- Granite 4.2 8B: $0.06/M tokens input, $0.25/M tokens output
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: $0.065/M tokens input, $0.18/M tokens output
- Provided by
- Granite 4.2 8B: ibm-granite
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: Nvidia