# Granite 4.2 8B vs OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT (slim)

> Granite 4.2 8B scores 61 (C) to OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT's 56.8 (C) for open-weight models you run yourself. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Granite 4.2 8B scores 61 (C) on agent readiness against OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT's 56.8 (C), and leads in 3 of 4 scored categories. 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
- OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT: C 56.8, rank #111 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/otel-2-0-llm-31b-it.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 50; Agent interface, 85 against 60; Documentation and upkeep, 92 against 74.
- OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT, good for Telecoms teams that want an open model for standards questions and RAG on their own hardware

| Category | Granite 4.2 8B | OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 95 | 50 |
| Risk (20%) | 55 | 55 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 85 | 60 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 92 | 74 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Granite 4.2 8B | OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | IBM | AT&T (Open Telco AI) |
| Last release | 2026-10-20 | 2026-11-01 |

Why the edge:
- Reach, Granite 4.2 8B +45: 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.); OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT 50 (Memory 10, the publisher's only build is the BF16 safetensors, 62.55 GB for the 15 shards the index names, and 62.55 GB × 1.2 = 75.1 GB, above 64 GB and inside…)
- Agent interface, Granite 4.2 8B +25: 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.); OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT 60 (Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository, 19,300 characters, the publisher's own.)
- Documentation and upkeep, Granite 4.2 8B +18: 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…); OTel-2.0-LLM-31B-IT 74 (Model card 14, Intended use, a long limitations section, the architecture and training method, the parameters (31B) and the language (English) are on the card.)