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Gemma SEA Guard 12B 2602 vs Granite 4.2 8B

Gemma SEA Guard 12B 2602 (Aisingapore) and Granite 4.2 8B (IBM Granite) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 19 September 2026

As of 19 September 2026, Gemma SEA Guard 12B 2602 holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#159 vs #162); and Granite 4.2 8B ships open weights.

Which should you choose?

Choose Gemma SEA Guard 12B 2602 if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #159 against #162 (30.2 vs 27.9 points).

Choose Granite 4.2 8B if…

  • you want to self-host: Granite 4.2 8B ships open weights while Gemma SEA Guard 12B 2602 is restricted license.
  • you want provider choice — 2 listed API providers against 0.
  • you want the more recently listed model — Granite 4.2 8B was listed 31 August 2026, Gemma SEA Guard 12B 2602 4 December 2025.

Gemma SEA Guard 12B 2602 vs Granite 4.2 8B: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Gemma SEA Guard 12B 2602 and Granite 4.2 8B
FieldGemma SEA Guard 12B 2602AisingaporeGranite 4.2 8BIBM Granite
ModelCap Index position#159#162
Index score30.227.9
EvidenceInheritedMeasured
Input price / 1M tokensUnlisted$0.06
Output price / 1M tokensUnlisted$0.25
Context window— tokens131K tokens
Max output tokens—118K
API providers listed02
Weight accessRestricted licenseOpen weights
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
First listed4 December 202531 August 2026
PublisherAisingaporeIBM Granite

Evidence: finetune of google/gemma-3-12b-it · finetune (100%) · 3 public benchmark observations across 3 boards. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Gemma SEA Guard 12B 2602 vs Granite 4.2 8B

Public benchmark boards where Gemma SEA Guard 12B 2602 or Granite 4.2 8B has a published result
BoardGemma SEA Guard 12B 2602Granite 4.2 8BLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)—13621340–1384Only one result
AA Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis—11.1intelligence-index:v4.3:reasoning-unspecifiedOnly one result
AA Humanity's Last ExamArtificial Analysis—9.7%hle:may-2025:text-only-2158:no-tools:pass-at-1:source-model="Granite 4.2 8B":reasoning=trueOnly one result

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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Gemma SEA Guard 12B 2602 vs Granite 4.2 8B: common questions

Is Gemma SEA Guard 12B 2602 better than Granite 4.2 8B?

Gemma SEA Guard 12B 2602 ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 19 September 2026: #159 against #162. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it. Their published uncertainty intervals overlap, so the rank difference alone does not establish a reliable capability advantage for your workload.

Is Gemma SEA Guard 12B 2602 cheaper than Granite 4.2 8B?

At least one of the two has no listed API price on ModelCap right now, so no price comparison is made.

Which has the bigger context window, Gemma SEA Guard 12B 2602 or Granite 4.2 8B?

Both publish a —-token context window.

Which is better for coding, Gemma SEA Guard 12B 2602 or Granite 4.2 8B?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are Gemma SEA Guard 12B 2602 and Granite 4.2 8B open-weight models?

Gemma SEA Guard 12B 2602: Restricted license. Granite 4.2 8B: Open weights. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run Gemma SEA Guard 12B 2602 and Granite 4.2 8B?

ModelCap currently lists 0 API providers for Gemma SEA Guard 12B 2602 and 2 for Granite 4.2 8B, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this Gemma SEA Guard 12B 2602 vs Granite 4.2 8B comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 19 September 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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