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 $0.10/M tokens input, $0.15/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: $0.10/M tokens input, $0.15/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

• Granite 4.2 8B model details, providers and pricing
• Hy4 preview model details, providers and pricing