AI Models · Open-Source vs Paid

Granite 4.2 8B Open vs Mistral Large 2407 Paid

Granite 4.2 8B vs Mistral Large 2407 compared — price per token, context window, multimodality, openness and which to choose. Can the open-source model replace the paid one? Full 2026 breakdown.

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Granite 4.2 8BOpenIBM

$0.06 /M input
$0.25 /M outputNo per-token fees if you self-host

TypeOpen-weight

Context window131K tokens

MultimodalNo

Self-hostYes

Mistral Large 2407PaidMistral AI

$2 /M input
$6 /M outputManaged API (no infra to run)

TypeProprietary

Context window131K tokens

MultimodalNo

Self-hostNo

Choose Granite 4.2 8B if you want to self-host, keep your data private and skip per-token fees — it's open-weight and runs on your own hardware. Choose Mistral Large 2407 if you want frontier capability through a managed API with zero infrastructure to run.

Granite 4.2 8B vs Mistral Large 2407 specs

Spec	Granite 4.2 8B	Mistral Large 2407	Winner
Maker	IBM	Mistral AI	–
Type	Open-weight	Proprietary	Granite 4.2 8B
Context window	131K tokens	131K tokens	= Tie
Input price	$0.06/M · free self-host	$2/M	Granite 4.2 8B
Output price	$0.25/M · free self-host	$6/M	Granite 4.2 8B
Vision / multimodal	No	No	–
Tool / function calling	Yes	Yes	= Tie
Self-hostable	Yes	No (API only)	Granite 4.2 8B
License	Apache 2.0	Proprietary	Granite 4.2 8B

Price gap & when to choose each

24×cheaper per output token

Granite 4.2 8B is ~24× cheaper than Mistral Large 2407 on output tokens ($0.25 vs $6 per M tokens).

Choose Granite 4.2 8B if…

You want to self-host or run on your cloud
You prioritize data privacy & control
You want the lowest operating costs
You are building open or reproducible AI

Choose Mistral Large 2407 if…

You want frontier performance through a managed API
You value reliability & ecosystem
You don't want to manage infrastructure

Feature comparison

Capability	Granite 4.2 8B	Mistral Large 2407
Open weights (downloadable)	✓	✗
Self-hostable	✓	✗
Runs fully offline	✓	✗
Vision / multimodal	✗	✗
Tool / function calling	✓	✓
1M+ context window	✗	✗

Benchmarks: Granite 4.2 8B vs Mistral Large 2407

Independent benchmark scores measured by Artificial Analysis. Higher is better (except latency).

Granite 4.2 8B delivers 45× more intelligence per dollar.

Granite 4.2 8B

Mistral Large 2407

Intelligence index

11.1

6.8

Coding index

22.4

–

GPQA

63.1%

47.2%

Humanity's Last Exam

9.7%

2.9%

Long Context Reasoning

45%

SciCode

31.5%

–

τ-Bench Banking

7.6%

–

Terminal-Bench

18.4%

–

Math index

–

MMLU-Pro

–

68.3%

LiveCodeBench

–

26.7%

MATH-500

–

71.4%

AIME

–

9.3%

AIME 2025

–

IFBench

–

31.6%

τ²-Bench

–

33%

Speed

115.7 tok/s

0 tok/s

Latency

0.28s

Intelligence per $

103.7

2.3

Benchmark data by Artificial Analysis.

How Granite 4.2 8B and Mistral Large 2407 score

🏆 Best value & openness: Granite 4.2 8B (4.4 vs 2.7 / 5)

Criterion	Granite 4.2 8B	Mistral Large 2407
Cost-efficiency	5.0	4.0
Context window	3.5	3.5
Openness	5.0	1.5
Self-hosting	5.0	1.0
Multimodality	3.5	3.5

Scores come from live data — output price (cost), context length, open vs closed weights (openness & self-hosting) and vision/tool support (multimodality). Raw task quality isn't scored here; it depends on your benchmark — see the verdict.

What each model is

Granite 4.2 8B Open

IBM · Open-weight

Granite 4.2 8B is a dense reasoning model from IBM. It is suited for mathematics, code generation, multilingual dialogue, and agentic workflows that need multi-step reasoning. It supports full, low-effort,...

Mistral Large 2407 Paid

Mistral AI · Proprietary

This is Mistral AI's flagship model, Mistral Large 2 (version mistral-large-2407). It's a proprietary weights-available model and excels at reasoning, code, JSON, chat, and more. Read the launch announcement [here](https://mistral.ai/news/m

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Frequently asked questions

Is Granite 4.2 8B as good as Mistral Large 2407?

Granite 4.2 8B is open-weight and competitive on many tasks, but Mistral Large 2407 may still lead on the hardest reasoning and agentic work. The gap keeps narrowing — benchmark both on your actual use case before deciding.

Can I run Granite 4.2 8B locally?

Yes. Granite 4.2 8B has open weights, so you can self-host it on your own GPUs or run it via a low-cost API. Mistral Large 2407 is API-only and cannot be self-hosted.

How much cheaper is Granite 4.2 8B?

Granite 4.2 8B costs $0.25/M output vs $6/M for Mistral Large 2407 — roughly 24x cheaper via API, and free if you self-host.

Granite 4.2 8B vs Mistral Large 2407 — which should I pick in 2026?

Choose Granite 4.2 8B if you want to self-host, keep your data private and skip per-token fees — it's open-weight and runs on your own hardware. Choose Mistral Large 2407 if you want frontier capability through a managed API with zero infrastructure to run.

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