Granite 4.2 8B vs Inkling: side-by-side summary

Granite 4.2 8B and Inkling 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.

Inkling, from thinkingmachines, has a 1,048,576-token context window and is priced at $0.95/M tokens input, $4.05/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Context window

• Granite 4.2 8B: 131,072 tokens
• Inkling: 1,048,576 tokens

Price

• Granite 4.2 8B: $0.10/M tokens input, $0.15/M tokens output
• Inkling: $0.95/M tokens input, $4.05/M tokens output

Provided by

• Granite 4.2 8B: ibm-granite
• Inkling: thinkingmachines

• Granite 4.2 8B model details, providers and pricing
• Inkling model details, providers and pricing