Granite 4.2 8B vs Qwen3.8 Max: side-by-side summary

Granite 4.2 8B and Qwen3.8 Max 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.

Qwen3.8 Max, from Qwen, has a 1,000,000-token context window and is priced at $2/M tokens input, $6/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Context window

• Granite 4.2 8B: 131,072 tokens
• Qwen3.8 Max: 1,000,000 tokens

Price

• Granite 4.2 8B: $0.10/M tokens input, $0.15/M tokens output
• Qwen3.8 Max: $2/M tokens input, $6/M tokens output

Provided by

• Granite 4.2 8B: ibm-granite
• Qwen3.8 Max: Qwen

• Granite 4.2 8B model details, providers and pricing
• Qwen3.8 Max model details, providers and pricing