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

Hugging Face Inference

Intelligence Score 80/100

Context Window 8k

Pricing Model Free / Open

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 Gemma 2 9B Instruct 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)	Gemma 2 9B Instruct
Context Window	131K tokens	8k
Architecture	Transformer	Transformer
Est. MMLU Score	~80-84%	~75-79%
Release Date	2024	2024
Pricing Model	Free Tier	Free Tier
Rate Limit (RPM)	Subject to availability	300 Requests / hour
Daily Limit	Unlimited (Research Preview)	Dependent on global load
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	9B
Limitations	Limited to specific free models Research preview availability	Rate limited to ~300 request/hour for free users Models larger than 10GB may not load Cold starts can occur
Key Strengths	Host of specific free research models Open-weight model hosting Access to ServiceNow Apriel models	Serverless Inference Instant Model Loading Text Generation