Granite 4.2 3B
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Editorial Analysis
Profile. Granite 4.2 3B is a budget-tier option from IBM at $0.12/M output tokens. Despite the low price, it scores competitively on Coding Index (17.5) and Intelligence Index (14.3) — making it a candidate for high-volume production workloads where unit cost dominates.
Latency. On latency, Granite 4.2 3B reports 214 tok/s output speed and 440ms time-to-first-token. Output speed is in the normal range — most chat and completion applications will be token-bound, not streaming-bound.
Cost model. For a workload of 1M input tokens + 100K output tokens, Granite 4.2 3B costs $0.04 per million input-equivalent requests. Multiply by your monthly request volume to project the bill, and compare against the speed/correctness profile above to decide if the trade-off is worth it for your workload.
Editorial summary generated from public pricing and benchmark data (Artificial Analysis API). All numbers are sourced — see the Artificial Analysis methodology for benchmark definitions. Last refreshed 2026-09-06.
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| Model | Input | Output | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|
Granite 4.2 3BCurrent | $0.03 | $0.12 | 214 tok/s |
| Sarvam 30B (high) | $0.03 | $0.11 | — |
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