Overview
Granite 4.2 8B vs Hy4 preview: side-by-side summary
Granite 4.2 8B and Hy4 preview 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.
Hy4 preview, from tencent, has a 1,048,576-token context window and is priced at $0.834/M tokens input, $2.501/M tokens output on OpenRouter.
- Context window
- Granite 4.2 8B: 131,072 tokens
- Hy4 preview: 1,048,576 tokens
- Price
- Granite 4.2 8B: $0.06/M tokens input, $0.25/M tokens output
- Hy4 preview: $0.834/M tokens input, $2.501/M tokens output
- Provided by
- Granite 4.2 8B: ibm-granite
- Hy4 preview: tencent