Is Granite 4.2 8B or Qwen3.6 35B A3B cheaper?

Granite 4.2 8B is cheaper on output tokens ($0.15 vs $1.25 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Granite 4.2 8B or Qwen3.6 35B A3B?

Qwen3.6 35B A3B has the larger context window (262K tokens).

Granite 4.2 8B vs Qwen3.6 35B A3B

Granite 4.2 8B is cheaper on output tokens, while Qwen3.6 35B A3B offers a larger context window. Choose Granite 4.2 8B or Qwen3.6 35B A3B based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Granite 4.2 8B	Qwen3.6 35B A3B
Provider	CoreWeave	CoreWeave
Input / 1M tokens	$0.10	$0.25
Output / 1M tokens	$0.15	$1.25
Context window	131K	262K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Aug 2026	Apr 2026

Granite 4.2 8B details →Qwen3.6 35B A3B details →

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