Granite 4.2 8B

Granite 4.2 8B ranks #162 out of 228 models on the public BenchAlign leaderboard, with a score of 46.88/100. Its evidence status is Estimated, and this profile shows 14 source-displayable benchmark rows. The label describes evidence depth, not a provider quality claim; inspect category rows before choosing a workload.

Granite 4.2 8B has source-displayable benchmark coverage for knowledge and understanding, but the public category table does not assign it a rank there. The individual rows remain available for inspection. A missing category position means the evidence threshold was not met; it does not convert the model's unmeasured work into a zero.

Granite 4.2 8B ranks #107 out of 147 eligible models for coding and programming, with a public category score of 46.8/100. Higher-ranked alternatives are available for workloads where this category decides the choice. Check the underlying rows before treating the aggregate as a workload guarantee.

Granite 4.2 8B has source-displayable benchmark coverage for mathematics, but the public category table does not assign it a rank there. The individual rows remain available for inspection. A missing category position means the evidence threshold was not met; it does not convert the model's unmeasured work into a zero.

Granite 4.2 8B ranks #93 out of 142 eligible models for agentic tool use and computer tasks, with a public category score of 44.4/100. Higher-ranked alternatives are available for workloads where this category decides the choice. Check the underlying rows before treating the aggregate as a workload guarantee.

Granite 4.2 8B ranks #17 out of 43 eligible models for instruction following, with a public category score of 87.8/100. Higher-ranked alternatives are available for workloads where this category decides the choice. Check the underlying rows before treating the aggregate as a workload guarantee.

Granite 4.2 8B is an open-weight model from IBM. Its weights can be downloaded for local or hosted deployment, subject to the published license. Open weight does not automatically mean open source: training data and training code may remain private, and commercial restrictions can still apply.

No. Granite 4.2 8B currently has 27 source-displayable rows across 408 tracked benchmark slots. The profile exposes published, non-generated evidence and leaves missing categories blank until an exact evaluation is available. Coverage describes how much was measured; it is not a penalty added to an individual benchmark result.

Granite 4.2 8B has a documented context window of 128K. That figure is the maximum combined prompt and retained-conversation space reported for this exact model; it is not the maximum output length. The profile keeps output limits separate because providers often publish those limits independently.