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Granite 4.2 3B InstructOpen
IBM Granite 4.2 3B compact SLM optimized for on-device and low-latency inference.
Intelligence
42.0 #370
AAQI 36.0
Output speed
148 t/s
TTFT 160 ms · ITL 6.8 ms/tok
Blended price (3:1)
$0.11 /1M
In $0.08/M · Out $0.2/M
Context
128K
≈ 320 A4 pages · max out 8192
Quality Domain Radar
6-Axis Frontier Evaluation vs Category Average & Flagship
Granite 4.2 3B Instruct
Claude Mythos Preview (#1)
Average (68)
Radar axes are approximated from category scores where direct benchmark measurements are missing — see Methodology.
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Model Details
Release date
Jul 20, 2026
Parameters
3 billion
License
Open Weights
Context Window
128,000 tokens
Input Price
$0.08/M
Output Price
$0.2/M
Output Speed
148 t/s
Time to First Token
160 ms
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Estimated monthly spend
$0.00
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[](https://llmpodium.com/models/granite-4-2-3b)BibTeX
@misc{llmpodium2026granite423b,
title = {Benchmark Analysis and Intelligence Evaluation of Granite 4.2 3B Instruct},
author = {LLMPodium Research},
year = {2026},
url = {https://llmpodium.com/models/granite-4-2-3b}
}More from IBM
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