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

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

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

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

Qwen3.6 35B A3B vs Granite 4.2 8B

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

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

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

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