$ diff granite-4-2 muse-glimmer
Granite 4.2 vs Muse Glimmer
Values come from Granite 4.2 and Muse Glimmer, 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.
IBMGranite 4.2
- context
- 512K
- weights
- open
- $/M in
- —
- $/M out
- —
- context
- 131K
- weights
- open
- $/M in
- —
- $/M out
- —
What actually differs
- Context window
- Granite 4.2 takes 512K against 131K — 3.9× more room in a single request.
- Weights
- Both publish weights — Granite 4.2 under Apache 2.0, Muse Glimmer under Apache 2.0. Check the licences rather than assuming they permit the same commercial use.
- Recency
- Granite 4.2 shipped 15 days after Muse Glimmer (2026-08-25 vs 2026-08-10).
Full spec
| Attribute | Granite 4.2 | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | IBM | Meta AI |
| Released | 2026-08-25 | 2026-08-10 |
| Context window | 512K (30B); unknown (3B, 8B) | 131,072 |
| Pricing | not applicable — open weights, no hosted rate published | not recorded |
| License | Apache 2.0 | Apache 2.0 |
| Availability | Hugging Face, Ollama, GitHub | Hugging Face (open weights), Ollama, LM Studio, vLLM, SGLang, Together AI, Fireworks AI, OpenRouter |