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This model is no longer active/free — kept for reference.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

Intelligence Score 65/100

Context Window 262K

Pricing Model Free / Open

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FINAL VERDICT

With an intelligence score of 83/100 vs 65/100, Apriel 1.5 15B Thinker (Free) outperforms Qwen3.6 35B A3B by 18 points.

Clear Winner: Significant performance advantage for Apriel 1.5 15B Thinker (Free).

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Feature	Apriel 1.5 15B Thinker (Free)	Qwen3.6 35B A3B
Context Window	131K tokens	262K
Architecture	Transformer	Transformer (Open Weight)
Est. MMLU Score	~75-79%	~60-64%
Release Date	2024	2024
Pricing Model	Free Tier	Free Tier
Rate Limit (RPM)	Subject to availability	3M input / 60K output tokens per 60s
Daily Limit	Unlimited (Research Preview)	500M input / 5M output tokens per 24h
Capabilities	Reasoning Multimodal	Vision Reasoning
Performance Tier	B-Tier (Strong)	C-Tier (Good)
Speed Estimate	Medium	Medium
Primary Use Case	General Purpose	General Purpose
Model Size	15B	35B
Limitations	Limited to specific free models Research preview availability	Experimental — no SLA, could be discontinued or paywalled at any time Only one model currently offered No official uptime/support guarantees
Key Strengths	Host of specific free research models Open-weight model hosting Access to ServiceNow Apriel models	OpenAI-compatible endpoint — swap base_url + key EU data residency MoE model with 262K context and image input