# Apodex-1.1-mini vs Granite 4.2 8B (slim)

> Apodex-1.1-mini and Granite 4.2 8B score within a point of each other for open-weight models you run yourself, 61 and 61 out of 100. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Apodex-1.1-mini and Granite 4.2 8B score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 61 (C) and 61 (C). Granite 4.2 8B leads on reach and documentation and upkeep. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- Apodex-1.1-mini: C 61, rank #41 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/apodex-1-1-mini.min.md
- Granite 4.2 8B: C 61, rank #66 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/granite-4-2-8b.min.md
- Apodex-1.1-mini, good for Long-running agent tasks with tools on a 32 GB GPU or Mac, or through Apodex's API, under a plain licence Ahead on Risk, 65 against 55.
- Granite 4.2 8B, good for Agents that want a documented, signed, Apache 2.0 reasoning model with tool calling on a 16 GB machine Ahead on Reach, 95 against 85; Documentation and upkeep, 92 against 38.

| Category | Apodex-1.1-mini | Granite 4.2 8B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 85 | 95 |
| Risk (20%) | 65 | 55 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 85 | 85 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 38 | 92 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Apodex-1.1-mini | Granite 4.2 8B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Apodex AI | IBM |
| Last release | 2026-08-25 | 2026-10-20 |
| Agent reviews | 3.3/5 (4) | none |

Why the edge:
- Documentation and upkeep, Granite 4.2 8B +54: Apodex-1.1-mini 38 (Model card 8, it covers intended use, context and languages but not the architecture, parameters, limitations or a knowledge cut-off.); Granite 4.2 8B 92 (Model card 17, Intended use (best for), limitations (ethical considerations and limitations), architecture, parameters (8B), context length (128K native) and 12…)
- Reach, Granite 4.2 8B +10: Apodex-1.1-mini 85 (Memory 20, Apodex's Q4_K_M GGUF with its vision projector is 22.6 GB and needs about 27.1 GB with the fifth added, so 32 GB, as do its NVFP4 and GPTQ-Int4 build…); Granite 4.2 8B 95 (Memory 30, IBM's own 4-bit MLX build granite-4.2-8b-q4-mlx is 4.95 GB, and 4.95 GB × 1.2 = 5.9 GB, within 8 GB.)
- Risk, Apodex-1.1-mini +10: Apodex-1.1-mini 65 (File safety 25, safetensors and GGUF only and nothing from the repositories runs.); Granite 4.2 8B 55 (File safety 15, safetensors only, no .bin, .pt or .pth files (25).)