Battle of the Models

Compare specific LLM models, context windows, and capabilities.

Apriel 1.5 15B Thinker (Free)

DEPRECATED

Together.AI

This model is no longer active/free — kept for reference.

Intelligence Score 83/100

Model Popularity 0 votes

Context Window 131K tokens

Pricing Model Free / Open

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A-TIER

DeepSeek

Intelligence Score 83/100

Context Window 1M

Pricing Model Commercial / Paid

Model Popularity 0 votes

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FINAL VERDICT

Equal intelligence scores (83/100), but DeepSeek-V4 Flash offers a significantly larger context window.

Close Match: The difference is minimal. Consider other factors like pricing and features.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Feature	Apriel 1.5 15B Thinker (Free)	DeepSeek-V4 Flash
Context Window	131K tokens	1M
Architecture	Transformer	Dense Transformer
Est. MMLU Score	~75-79%	~75-79%
Release Date	2024	2024
Pricing Model	Free Tier	Paid / Commercial
Rate Limit (RPM)	Subject to availability	60 RPM
Daily Limit	Unlimited (Research Preview)	Credit-based
Capabilities	Reasoning Multimodal	No specific data
Performance Tier	B-Tier (Strong)	B-Tier (Strong)
Speed Estimate	Medium	⚡ Very Fast
Primary Use Case	General Purpose	⚡ Fast Chat & Apps
Model Size	15B	Undisclosed
Limitations	Limited to specific free models Research preview availability	10M tokens is one-time only API can be slow during peak hours (Chinese business hours) Rate limiting during high demand periods
Key Strengths	Host of specific free research models Open-weight model hosting Access to ServiceNow Apriel models	DeepSeek-R1: OpenAI o1-level reasoning (open-source) Mixture-of-Experts architecture for efficiency OpenAI-compatible API (drop-in replacement)