Battle of the Models

Compare specific LLM models, context windows, and capabilities.

Apriel 1.6 15B Thinker (Free)

DEPRECATED

Together.AI

This model is no longer active/free — kept for reference.

Intelligence Score 85/100

Model Popularity 0 votes

Context Window 131K tokens

Pricing Model Free / Open

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A-TIER

Ollama

Intelligence Score 84/100

Context Window 32K tokens

Pricing Model Free / Open

Model Popularity 0 votes

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FINAL VERDICT

With an intelligence score of 85/100 vs 84/100, Apriel 1.6 15B Thinker (Free) outperforms Mistral Nemo 12B by 1 point.

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

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Feature	Apriel 1.6 15B Thinker (Free)	Mistral Nemo 12B
Context Window	131K tokens	32K tokens
Architecture	Transformer	Transformer (Open Weight)
Est. MMLU Score	~80-84%	~75-79%
Release Date	2024	2024
Pricing Model	Free Tier	Free Tier
Rate Limit (RPM)	Subject to availability	Hardware limited
Daily Limit	Unlimited (Research Preview)	Unlimited
Capabilities	Reasoning Multimodal	Multilingual
Performance Tier	A-Tier (Excellent)	B-Tier (Strong)
Speed Estimate	Medium	Medium
Primary Use Case	General Purpose	General Purpose
Model Size	15B	12B
Limitations	Limited to specific free models Research preview availability	Depends on your RAM/GPU Laptop fans will spin up Large models (70B+) need heavy hardware
Key Strengths	Host of specific free research models Open-weight model hosting Access to ServiceNow Apriel models	Local Inference: Data never leaves your device Modelfiles: Script your own system prompts API: Local REST API for app integration