$ diff fugu-max granite-4-2
Fugu Max vs Granite 4.2
Values come from Fugu Max 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.
Sakana AIFugu Max
- context
- 1M
- weights
- —
- $/M in
- $2
- $/M out
- $6
- context
- 512K
- weights
- open
- $/M in
- —
- $/M out
- —
What actually differs
- Context window
- Fugu Max takes 1M against 512K — modestly more room in a single request.
- Recency
- Fugu Max shipped 17 days after Granite 4.2 (2026-09-11 vs 2026-08-25).
Full spec
| Attribute | Fugu Max | Granite 4.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | Sakana AI | IBM |
| Released | 2026-09-11 | 2026-08-25 |
| Context window | 1,000,000 | 512K (30B); unknown (3B, 8B) |
| Pricing | $2/M input · $6/M output | not applicable — open weights, no hosted rate published |
| License | not recorded | Apache 2.0 |
| Availability | Sakana API (OpenAI-compatible), OpenRouter, NanoGPT, Kilo Gateway, LLM Gateway | Hugging Face, Ollama, GitHub |