Head-to-Head Pricing Benchmark
Side-by-side pricing and context window comparison for production model selection.
Default Recommendation (120M input + 60M output)
IBM: Granite 4.1 8B is lower-cost for the default monthly workload scenario.
Adjust the workload in the calculator below to see a live recommendation for your usage.
| Metric | IBM: Granite 4.1 8B | OpenAI: GPT-5 Nano |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | ibm-granite | openai |
| Context Window | 131,072 | 400,000 |
| Max Output Tokens | 131,072 | — |
| Input Cost / 1M Tokens | $0.0500 | $0.0500 |
| Output Cost / 1M Tokens | $0.1000 | $0.4000 |
| Projected Monthly Cost | $12 | $30 |
| Vision | ❌ No | ✅ Yes |
| Tool Calling | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| Structured Output | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| Reasoning | ❌ No | ✅ Yes |
| Web Search | ❌ No | ❌ No |
| Tokenizer | Other | GPT |
| MMLU Score | N/A | 78.0 |
| GPQA | N/A | 67.6 |
Price History
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Price History
Current Input / 1M
$0.0500
Current Output / 1M
$0.4000
Performance History
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Performance History
Current TPS
0.00
Current Latency
0ms
Uptime
99.9%
Adjust your workload to see projected monthly costs.
IBM: Granite 4.1 8B
$12
per month
Lower costOpenAI: GPT-5 Nano
$30
per month
Live Recommendation
IBM: Granite 4.1 8B is lower-cost at 120M input + 60M output tokens/month.
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