$ diff embeddinggemma-2 granite-4-2
EmbeddingGemma 2 vs Granite 4.2
Values come from EmbeddingGemma 2 and Granite 4.2, where each is cited to its source. This page states no benchmark result and ranks neither model — it puts two published specifications next to each other. Where a lab has not published a figure, the row says so rather than guessing.
Google DeepMindEmbeddingGemma 2
- context
- 8K
- weights
- open
- $/M in
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- $/M out
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- context
- 512K
- weights
- open
- $/M in
- —
- $/M out
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What actually differs
- Context window
- Granite 4.2 takes 512K against 8K — 64× more room in a single request.
- Weights
- Both publish weights — EmbeddingGemma 2 under Apache 2.0, Granite 4.2 under Apache 2.0. Check the licences rather than assuming they permit the same commercial use.
- Recency
- EmbeddingGemma 2 shipped 42 days after Granite 4.2 (2026-10-06 vs 2026-08-25).
Full spec
| Attribute | EmbeddingGemma 2 | Granite 4.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | Google DeepMind | IBM |
| Released | 2026-10-06 | 2026-08-25 |
| Context window | 8K tokens | 512K (30B); unknown (3B, 8B) |
| Pricing | not recorded | not applicable — open weights, no hosted rate published |
| License | Apache 2.0 | Apache 2.0 |
| Availability | Weights on Hugging Face and Kaggle; local inference | Hugging Face, Ollama, GitHub |