Battle of the Models

Compare specific LLM models, context windows, and capabilities.

Bonsai 2 9B

Ollama

Intelligence Score 71/100

Model Popularity 0 votes

Context Window

Pricing Model Free / Open

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DEPRECATED

Together.AI

This model is no longer active/free — kept for reference.

Intelligence Score 85/100

Context Window 131K tokens

Pricing Model Free / Open

Model Popularity 0 votes

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FINAL VERDICT

With an intelligence score of 85/100 vs 71/100, Apriel 1.6 15B Thinker (Free) outperforms Bonsai 2 9B by 14 points.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Feature	Bonsai 2 9B	Apriel 1.6 15B Thinker (Free)
Context Window		131K tokens
Architecture	Transformer	Transformer
Est. MMLU Score	~65-69%	~80-84%
Release Date	2024	2024
Pricing Model	Free Tier	Free Tier
Rate Limit (RPM)	Hardware limited	Subject to availability
Daily Limit	Unlimited	Unlimited (Research Preview)
Capabilities	No specific data	Reasoning Multimodal
Performance Tier	C-Tier (Good)	A-Tier (Excellent)
Speed Estimate	Medium	Medium
Primary Use Case	General Purpose	General Purpose
Model Size	9B	15B
Limitations	Depends on your RAM/GPU Laptop fans will spin up Large models (70B+) need heavy hardware	Limited to specific free models Research preview availability
Key Strengths	Local Inference: Data never leaves your device Modelfiles: Script your own system prompts API: Local REST API for app integration	Host of specific free research models Open-weight model hosting Access to ServiceNow Apriel models