Granite 4.2 3B vs Grok Build 0.1

This comparison does not currently contain a protocol-matched coding benchmark for both Granite 4.2 3B and Grok Build 0.1, so Model Markets cannot name a coding leader from pricing, context size, or capability labels alone.

Granite 4.2 3B is $0.030 and Grok Build 0.1 is $1.00 per million tokens, so Granite 4.2 3B is cheaper on this metric. Granite 4.2 3B is $0.12 and Grok Build 0.1 is $2.00 per million tokens, so Granite 4.2 3B is cheaper on this metric.

Grok Build 0.1 has the larger sourced context window. Granite 4.2 3B supports 131K and Grok Build 0.1 supports 256K.

There is no overall benchmark winner: At least two independently verified, protocol-matched benchmarks are required for an overall winner.

Granite 4.2 3B is the only model in this pair currently marked as self-hostable. Granite 4.2 3B is open weight; Grok Build 0.1 is not marked open weight.

Granite 4.2 3B is not documented with image input; Grok Build 0.1 is documented with image input. This reflects supported input modalities, not vision quality.

Neither has a larger sourced maximum output. Granite 4.2 3B is — and Grok Build 0.1 is —.

Granite 4.2 3B: reasoning and tool calling. Grok Build 0.1: reasoning, tool calling, and image input. Feature support does not establish relative quality.

Granite 4.2 3B has 1 sourced provider route; Grok Build 0.1 has 1, a tie.

There is no universal value winner. Compare the input and output prices above with the matched benchmark result for your workload: cheaper tokens can be offset by different quality, token usage, latency, or provider availability.