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Granite 4.2 8B (high) vs KAT-Coder-Air V2.5

KAT-Coder-Air V2.5 leads on average score with 4.8 vs 4.6. KAT-Coder-Air V2.5 has the lower benchmark cost at $0.070 vs $0.084. KAT-Coder-Air V2.5 is faster at 12.46s vs 235.89s, with pass rates of 39.4% vs 36.4%.

Last updated at: 2026-09-02

Rank
#276
Total Output Tokens
612,215
Response Time (avg)
235.89s
Total Cost
$0.084
Rank
#268
Total Output Tokens
97,752
Response Time (avg)
12.46s
Total Cost
$0.070
Recommended model KAT-Coder-Air V2.5

It has the best score here (4.8), while responding about 18.9x faster than Granite 4.2 8B (high).

Detailed comparison

Metric Granite 4.2 8B Granite 4.2 8B high Release: 2026-09-02 KAT-Coder-Air V2.5 KAT-Coder-Air V2.5 none Release: 2026-07-14
Score 4.6 4.8
Rank #276 #268
Reliability 7.6 10.0
Consistency 6.3 7.2
Attempts 66/66 66/66
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 39.4% 36.4%
Flaky tests 10 7
Total Runs 66 66
Cost per result 2.085 1.382
Total Cost $0.084 $0.070
Input Price $0.100 / 1M $0.150 / 1M
Output Price $0.150 / 1M $0.600 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 43,278 69,376
Output Tokens 181,083 97,752
Reasoning Tokens 431,132 0
Response Time (avg) 235.89s 12.46s
Response Time (max) 685.87s 121.05s
Response Time (total) 5189.64s 274.11s
Parameters 8B ~35B total (~3B active)
Availability Open source Closed

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Hamster playing table tennis

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#276 IBM: Granite 4.2 8B

high
Provider returned error
Cost
$0.000
Time
0.2s
Tokens
0 tok

#268 KAT-Coder-Air V2.5

none
Cost
$0.002
Time
14.5s
Tokens
2,619 tok

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Category Breakdown

Coding Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Granite 4.2 8B 3.8 4.3 33.3% 2 515.34s 7,047 42,438 154,749
KAT-Coder-Air V2.5 3.3 9.6 0.0% 0 14.31s 6,472 16,918 0

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