Apertus 8B Instruct vs DeepSeek V3 (Dec '24)

Apertus 8B Instruct vs DeepSeek V3 (Dec '24). A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

Swiss AI InitiativeApertus 8B InstructNot ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
4.80
Total cost
-
DeepSeekDeepSeek V3 (Dec '24)Off the frontier
Intelligence
8.50
Total cost
$25.4
Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricApertus 8B InstructDeepSeek V3 (Dec '24)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)4.88.5+77.1% DeepSeek V3 (Dec '24) is 77.1% more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)Not reported$25.37— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)7.35s11.89s+61.8% DeepSeek V3 (Dec '24) is 61.8% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.10 / $0.20$0.32 / $0.89
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