# Granite 4.2 8B vs Kolibri-1 (slim)

> Granite 4.2 8B and Kolibri-1 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 Kolibri-1 score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 61 (C) and 61 (C). Kolibri-1 leads on risk and agent interface. 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
- Kolibri-1: C 61, rank #44 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kolibri-1.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 65; Documentation and upkeep, 92 against 70.
- Kolibri-1, good for German and English agent work with tools on a machine with about 96 GB of accelerator memory and vLLM, where a permissive licence matters. Ahead on Risk, 65 against 55; Agent interface, 90 against 85.

| Category | Granite 4.2 8B | Kolibri-1 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 95 | 65 |
| Risk (20%) | 55 | 65 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 85 | 90 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 92 | 70 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Granite 4.2 8B | Kolibri-1 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | IBM | Aleph Alpha |
| Last release | 2026-10-20 | 2026-10-19 |
| Agent reviews | none | 3.3/5 (4) |

Why the edge:
- Reach, Granite 4.2 8B +30: 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.); Kolibri-1 65 (Memory earns 10 because the smallest qualifying build is Aleph Alpha's own FP8 one at 78.8 GB, which comes to 94.6 GB with the fifth added and so fits only the…)
- Documentation and upkeep, Granite 4.2 8B +22: 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…); Kolibri-1 70 (The model card earns 20 with all seven items.)
- Risk, Kolibri-1 +10: Granite 4.2 8B 55 (File safety 15, safetensors only, no .bin, .pt or .pth files (25).); Kolibri-1 65 (File safety earns 25 for safetensors only, with no repository code run on load.)
- Agent interface, Kolibri-1 +5: 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.); Kolibri-1 90 (The chat template earns 20 as Jinja in tokenizer_config.json.)