Battle of the Models

Compare specific LLM models, context windows, and capabilities.

Apriel 1.6 15B Thinker (Free)

A-TIER

Together.AI

Intelligence Score 85/100

Model Popularity 0 votes

Context Window 131K tokens

Pricing Model Free / Open

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A-TIER

DeepSeek

Intelligence Score 80/100

Context Window 128K

Pricing Model Commercial / Paid

Model Popularity 0 votes

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FINAL VERDICT

With an intelligence score of 85/100 vs 80/100, Apriel 1.6 15B Thinker (Free) outperforms DeepSeek-V4 Pro by 5 points.

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

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Feature	Apriel 1.6 15B Thinker (Free)	DeepSeek-V4 Pro
Context Window	131K tokens	128K
Architecture	Transformer	Dense Transformer
Est. MMLU Score	~80-84%	~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	A-Tier (Excellent)	B-Tier (Strong)
Speed Estimate	Medium	Medium
Primary Use Case	General Purpose	General Purpose
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)