# Granite 4.2 8B vs Qwen-AgentWorld-35B-A3B (slim)

> Granite 4.2 8B scores 61 (C) to Qwen-AgentWorld-35B-A3B's 52.1 (D) 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 Qwen-AgentWorld-35B-A3B's 52.1 (D), 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
- Qwen-AgentWorld-35B-A3B: D 52.1, rank #141 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qwen-agentworld-35b-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 55; Agent interface, 85 against 50; Documentation and upkeep, 92 against 41.
- Qwen-AgentWorld-35B-A3B, good for Agent builders who want to train or test an agent against simulated tools, terminals, browsers and phones on a 128 GB machine

| Category | Granite 4.2 8B | Qwen-AgentWorld-35B-A3B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 95 | 55 |
| Risk (20%) | 55 | 55 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 85 | 50 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 92 | 41 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Granite 4.2 8B | Qwen-AgentWorld-35B-A3B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | IBM | Alibaba (Qwen team) |
| Last release | 2026-10-20 | 2026-06-25 |

Why the edge:
- Documentation and upkeep, Granite 4.2 8B +51: 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…); Qwen-AgentWorld-35B-A3B 41 (Model card 11, the card gives intended use (simulating agent environments), architecture, parameters and context length.)
- Reach, Granite 4.2 8B +40: 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.); Qwen-AgentWorld-35B-A3B 55 (Memory 10, Alibaba's only build is the BF16 safetensors, 69.32 GB, and 69.32 GB × 1.2 = 83.2 GB, above 64 GB and inside the reference machine's GPU share.)
- Agent interface, Granite 4.2 8B +35: 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.); Qwen-AgentWorld-35B-A3B 50 (Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository, the same as the template in tokenizer_config.json.)