Granite 4.0 Micro vs Qwen-Turbo
Side-by-side comparison of API pricing, specs, benchmarks, and capabilities
Granite 4.0 Micro is 53.4% cheaper on blended cost ($0.041 vs $0.088/Mtok)
| Specification |
by IBM
|
by Alibaba
|
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Status | Current budget Open weights | Current budget |
| Released | Oct 19, 2025 | Oct 1, 2025 |
| Pricing per million tokens | ||
| Input | $0.017/Mtok | $0.050/Mtok |
| Output | $0.112/Mtok | $0.200/Mtok |
| Blended avg | $0.041/Mtok | $0.088/Mtok |
| Specifications | ||
| Context window | 128K tokens | 1M tokens |
| Parameters | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Speed (TPS) | — | — |
| Modalities | ||
| Input |
text
|
text
|
| Benchmarks sources: Artificial Analysis, IBM model card, IBM model card (5-shot) / Artificial Analysis | ||
| Independent composite scores measured for both models — each on its own scale | ||
| AA Intelligence Index | 2 | 6 |
| Per-benchmark results published for Granite 4.0 Micro only — no independent per-benchmark scores exist for Qwen-Turbo yet | ||
| MMMLU | 55.14 vendor | — |
| BFCL | 59.98 vendor | — |
| HumanEval | 80 vendor | — |
| Providers | ||
| Available from |
IBM — $0.017/$0.112/Mtok
|
Alibaba — $0.050/$0.200/Mtok
|
Cost at scale
1M tokens · 50/50 input/output| Volume | Granite 4.0 Micro | Qwen-Turbo | Savings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1M tokens | $0.04 | $0.09 | $0.05 (57.1%) |
| 10M tokens | $0.41 | $0.88 | $0.47 (53.7%) |
| 100M tokens | $4.08 | $8.75 | $4.68 (53.5%) |
| 1000M tokens | $40.75 | $87.5 | $46.75 (53.4%) |
When to pick which
distilled from the pricing and spec data above
Pick Granite 4.0 Micro if…
- cost dominates: $0.041/Mtok blended vs $0.088 — 53.4% less on the same 50/50 token mix
- you want open weights — self-host it, fine-tune it, or exit the API entirely; Qwen-Turbo is closed
Pick Qwen-Turbo if…
- you need the longer context: 1M tokens vs 128K (7.8×)
Try Granite 4.0 Micro on IBM
The cheaper option here — Granite 4.0 Micro costs $0.041/Mtok blended on IBM.
Summary
Granite 4.0 Micro by IBM costs $0.017/Mtok input and $0.112/Mtok output, with a 128K-token context window. It supports text input.
Qwen-Turbo by Alibaba costs $0.050/Mtok input and $0.200/Mtok output, with a 1M-token context window. It supports text input.
On a blended cost basis, Granite 4.0 Micro is 53.4% cheaper than Qwen-Turbo.
Note: Pricing is per million tokens. Actual costs vary with usage patterns, prompt caching, and batch discounts. Always verify against official provider pricing pages.
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