Granite 4.2 8B vs GPT-5.6 Terra: side-by-side summary

Granite 4.2 8B and GPT-5.6 Terra 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.

GPT-5.6 Terra, from OpenAI, has a 1,050,000-token context window and is priced at $2/M tokens input, $12/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Context window

• Granite 4.2 8B: 131,072 tokens
• GPT-5.6 Terra: 1,050,000 tokens

Price

• Granite 4.2 8B: $0.10/M tokens input, $0.15/M tokens output
• GPT-5.6 Terra: $2/M tokens input, $12/M tokens output

Provided by

• Granite 4.2 8B: ibm-granite
• GPT-5.6 Terra: OpenAI

• Granite 4.2 8B model details, providers and pricing
• GPT-5.6 Terra model details, providers and pricing