$ diff hy4-preview granite-4-2
Hy4 preview vs Granite 4.2
Values come from Hy4 preview 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.
TencentHy4 preview
- context
- 1M
- weights
- open
- $/M in
- $0.834
- $/M out
- $2.501
- context
- 512K
- weights
- open
- $/M in
- —
- $/M out
- —
What actually differs
- Context window
- Hy4 preview takes 1M against 512K — modestly more room in a single request.
- Weights
- Both publish weights — Hy4 preview under Apache-2.0, Granite 4.2 under Apache 2.0. Check the licences rather than assuming they permit the same commercial use.
- Recency
- Hy4 preview shipped 3 days after Granite 4.2 (2026-08-28 vs 2026-08-25).
Full spec
| Attribute | Hy4 preview | Granite 4.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | Tencent | IBM |
| Released | 2026-08-28 | 2026-08-25 |
| Context window | over 1,000,000 | 512K (30B); unknown (3B, 8B) |
| Pricing | $0.834/M input · $2.501/M output | not applicable — open weights, no hosted rate published |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Apache 2.0 |
| Availability | Hugging Face (BF16 + FP8), ModelScope, GitCode, CNB, Tencent Cloud TokenHub, OpenRouter, WorkBuddy, CodeBuddy, Yuanbao, ima | Hugging Face, Ollama, GitHub |