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Swiss AI InitiativeReleased September 2, 2025

Apertus 70B Instruct

Swiss AI Initiative · Released September 2, 2025

Intelligence score

2

At a glance

Intelligence
2
Speed
—
Latency
—
Input price
$0.82per 1M tokens
Output price
$2.92per 1M tokens
Context window
66Ktokens
Parameters
70billions

Summary

Comparison summary

Apertus 70B Instruct scores 2 (estimated) on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it at the lower end among other open weight non-reasoning models of similar size (median: 7). Apertus 70B Instruct costs $0.82 per 1M input tokens (somewhat higher than average, median: $0.53) and $2.92 per 1M output tokens (somewhat higher than average, median: $1.05), based on the median across providers serving the model.

Specifications

Technical specifications

Model nameApertus 70B Instruct
ProviderSwiss AI Initiative
Release dateSeptember 2, 2025
Intelligence score2
Speed—
Latency (TTFT)—
Input price$0.82 / 1M tokens
Output price$2.92 / 1M tokens
Context window66,000 tokens
Parameters70B
ReasoningNo
Input modalitiestext
Output modalities—
Open weightsYes
LicenseApache 2
API availability—
SourceModel Intelligence legacy profile: apertus-70b-instruct

Pricing

Token prices

Price per 1M tokens

Apertus 70B Instruct, as listed in the catalog record

Input $0.82 and output $2.92 per 1M tokens. Missing prices are hatched and marked "Not published".
  1. Input$0.82
  2. Output$2.92

Model Intelligence legacy profile: apertus-70b-instruct

FAQ · 17

Frequently asked questions

Apertus 70B Instruct was released on September 2, 2025.

Apertus 70B Instruct was created by Swiss AI Initiative.

Apertus 70B Instruct scores 2 (estimated) on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it at the lower end among other open weight non-reasoning models of similar size (median: 7).

Apertus 70B Instruct costs $0.82 per 1M input tokens (somewhat higher than average, median: $0.53) and $2.92 per 1M output tokens (somewhat higher than average, median: $1.05), based on the median across providers serving the model.

Apertus 70B Instruct costs $0.82 per 1M input tokens and $2.92 per 1M output tokens (based on the median across providers serving the model). For a blended rate (7:2:1 cache hit/input/output ratio), this is $1.03 per 1M tokens. Pricing may vary by provider.

No, Apertus 70B Instruct is not a reasoning model. It provides direct responses without extended chain-of-thought reasoning.

Apertus 70B Instruct supports text input.

Apertus 70B Instruct supports text output.

No, Apertus 70B Instruct does not support image input. It can only process text.

No, Apertus 70B Instruct is not multimodal. It only supports text input.

Apertus 70B Instruct has a context window of 66k tokens. This determines how much text and conversation history the model can process in a single request.

Yes, Apertus 70B Instruct is open weights. The model weights are publicly available and can be downloaded for self-hosting.

Apertus 70B Instruct has 70 billion parameters.

Apertus 70B Instruct is released under the Apache 2.0 license. This license allows commercial use.

Apertus 70B Instruct achieves a score of 2 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index. This composite benchmark evaluates models across reasoning, knowledge, mathematics, and coding.

Yes, Apertus 70B Instruct is available via API through 1 provider.

Apertus 70B Instruct is available through 1 API provider.