Battle of the Models

Compare specific LLM models, context windows, and capabilities.

Phi-3.5 Mini

Ollama

Intelligence Score 65/100

Model Popularity 0 votes

Context Window 128K tokens

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This model is no longer active/free — kept for reference.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 65/100, Apriel 1.6 15B Thinker (Free) outperforms Phi-3.5 Mini by 20 points.

Clear Winner: Significant performance advantage for Apriel 1.6 15B Thinker (Free).

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Feature	Phi-3.5 Mini	Apriel 1.6 15B Thinker (Free)
Context Window	128K tokens	131K tokens
Architecture	Transformer	Transformer
Est. MMLU Score	~60-64%	~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	Reasoning	Reasoning Multimodal
Performance Tier	C-Tier (Good)	A-Tier (Excellent)
Speed Estimate	⚡ Very Fast	Medium
Primary Use Case	⚡ Fast Chat & Apps	General Purpose
Model Size	Undisclosed	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