Apertus 8B Instruct vs Llama 4 Scout

Apertus 8B Instruct vs Llama 4 Scout. 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
-
MetaLlama 4 ScoutOff the frontier
Intelligence
6.50
Total cost
$73.6
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 InstructLlama 4 ScoutDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)4.86.5+35.4% Llama 4 Scout is 35.4% more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)Not reported$73.56— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)7.20s5.06s−29.7% Llama 4 Scout is 29.7% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.10 / $0.20$0.18 / $0.66
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