Battle of the Models

Compare specific LLM models, context windows, and capabilities.

Qwen3.6 35B A3B

Hetzner Inference API

Intelligence Score 65/100

Model Popularity 0 votes

Context Window 262K

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This model is no longer active/free — kept for reference.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 Qwen3.6 35B A3B by 20 points.

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

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Feature	Qwen3.6 35B A3B	Apriel 1.6 15B Thinker (Free)
Context Window	262K	131K tokens
Architecture	Transformer (Open Weight)	Transformer
Est. MMLU Score	~60-64%	~80-84%
Release Date	2024	2024
Pricing Model	Free Tier	Free Tier
Rate Limit (RPM)	3M input / 60K output tokens per 60s	Subject to availability
Daily Limit	500M input / 5M output tokens per 24h	Unlimited (Research Preview)
Capabilities	Vision Reasoning	Reasoning Multimodal
Performance Tier	C-Tier (Good)	A-Tier (Excellent)
Speed Estimate	Medium	Medium
Primary Use Case	General Purpose	General Purpose
Model Size	35B	15B
Limitations	Experimental — no SLA, could be discontinued or paywalled at any time Only one model currently offered No official uptime/support guarantees	Limited to specific free models Research preview availability
Key Strengths	OpenAI-compatible endpoint — swap base_url + key EU data residency MoE model with 262K context and image input	Host of specific free research models Open-weight model hosting Access to ServiceNow Apriel models