# Granite 4.2 8B vs Hy-Memory-30B-A3B (slim)

> Granite 4.2 8B and Hy-Memory-30B-A3B 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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Granite 4.2 8B and Hy-Memory-30B-A3B score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 61 (C) and 61 (C). Hy-Memory-30B-A3B leads on risk. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- Granite 4.2 8B: C 61, rank #66 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/granite-4-2-8b.min.md
- Hy-Memory-30B-A3B: C 61, rank #68 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hy-memory-30b-a3b.min.md
- 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; Agent interface, 85 against 65; Documentation and upkeep, 92 against 68.
- Hy-Memory-30B-A3B, good for Agents with an external memory framework that want a local model for the write path on a 24 GB card Ahead on Risk, 60 against 55.

| Category | Granite 4.2 8B | Hy-Memory-30B-A3B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 95 | 85 |
| Risk (20%) | 55 | 60 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 85 | 65 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 92 | 68 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Granite 4.2 8B | Hy-Memory-30B-A3B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | IBM | Tencent (Hy team) |
| Last release | 2026-10-20 | 2026-10-16 |

Why the edge:
- Documentation and upkeep, Granite 4.2 8B +24: 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…); Hy-Memory-30B-A3B 68 (Model card 8, Intended use (the write path of Mem0, MemOS and Hy-Memory), parameters (30B, about 3B active) and languages (English and Chinese, in the metadata)…)
- Agent interface, Granite 4.2 8B +20: Granite 4.2 8B 85 (Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository, with roles, tools, tool responses, the thinking switch and low effort.); Hy-Memory-30B-A3B 65 (Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository.)
- Reach, Granite 4.2 8B +10: 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.); Hy-Memory-30B-A3B 85 (Memory 25, Tencent's own Q4_K_M GGUF is 18.24 GB, and 18.24 GB × 1.2 = 21.9 GB, which fits 24 GB but not 16 GB.)
- Risk, Hy-Memory-30B-A3B +5: Granite 4.2 8B 55 (File safety 15, safetensors only, no .bin, .pt or .pth files (25).); Hy-Memory-30B-A3B 60 (File safety 25, 51 safetensors shards and no pickle or Python files.)