granite-4.1-8b vs mercury-2-tool-use
Input price
$0.05
$0.25
Output price
$0.10
$0.75
Context window
131K
128K
Throughput
157 tok/s
144 tok/s
Availability
100.0%
98.0%
Cost / task
$0.000
$0.001
Efficiency score
89
89
Estimated monthly cost by workload
Metric
GRANITE-4.1-8B
MERCURY-2-TOOL
Chat assistant
$27.00
$165.00
RAG / long context
$69.00
$367.50
Agent / tool use
$72.00
$450.00
Efficiency score: granite-4.1-8b
Across price, speed and reliability, granite-4.1-8b offers the stronger overall balance for most workloads — but the right pick depends on your exact mix of input, output and latency needs.
Figures are illustrative demo data, not financial advice.
Frequently asked questions
Is granite-4.1-8b or mercury-2-tool-use cheaper?+
granite-4.1-8b has the lower input price — $0.05 vs $0.25 per 1M tokens — so for most blended workloads it is the more cost-effective of the two. Figures are illustrative demo data.
Which should I choose, granite-4.1-8b or mercury-2-tool-use?+
Across price, speed and reliability, granite-4.1-8b offers the stronger overall balance for most workloads — but the right pick depends on your exact mix of input, output and latency needs.