Apertus 70B Instruct vs Apertus 8B Instruct

Wins 1 of 1 benchmarks
Wins 0 of 1 benchmarks
Apertus 70B Instruct5.5
Apertus 8B Instruct5

Specs

SpecApertus 70B InstructApertus 8B Instruct
Input, per 1M$0.88$0.11
Output, per 1M$2.08$0.28
Speed, tok/s—141
Context66K66K
WeightsOpenOpen
ReleasedSep 2025Sep 2025
Memory (4-bit)42 GB4 GB
LicenceApache-2.0Apache-2.0
Commercial useAllowedAllowed
See images——
Read PDFs——
Hear audio——
Watch video——
Call tools✓✓
Force a tool call??
Return strict JSONPartialPartial
Search the web??
Run code??
Use a computer??

What breaks when you switch

Apertus 70B Instruct → Apertus 8B Instruct
Nothing known.
Apertus 8B Instruct → Apertus 70B Instruct
Memory (4-bit): 4 GB → 42 GB