Granite 4.2 8B vs Nova 2.0 Lite (low)

IBM · Amazon · catalog 2026-09-14

Granite 4.2 8B beats Nova 2.0 Lite (low): cheaper ($0.044 vs $0.52/M) and at least as smart (index 11.8 vs 11.8).
Granite 4.2 8BNova 2.0 Lite (low)
Speed (tok/s)84 measured152.3 measured
Blended $/M$0.044 derived$0.52 derived
Intelligence index11.8 measured11.8 measured
TTFT (ms)64 measured1066 measured
Context131k list—
Coding indexnot measured for both
Agentic indexnot measured for both

Granite 4.2 8B card · Nova 2.0 Lite (low) card · 3D observatory

Verdicts use price×intelligence dominance only, and only where both sides are measured; null cells stay null with their provenance (em-dash = not in catalog). Percentile-free by design — this page compares two models, not the field. Generated page — do not hand-edit.