Apodex 1.1 Mini (free) vs Underdog Saluki 27B, head to head

Side A

Side B

Overall

Underdog Saluki 27B is clearly better. It wins 32 of the 43 test cases where they differ.

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Task by task

A score turns orange only when that model wins clearly more of the task's test cases. Under each score, the average time per test case on the machine it ran on. Both models spend about the same on thinking per test case.

Thinking tokensAnswer tokens

TaskAApodex 1.1 Mini (free)BUnderdog Saluki 27BApodex 1.1 Mini (free)Underdog Saluki 27B

Overall

2535.1s

8.5K6.9K

335m 15s

Agents

Runs multi-step jobs through tools, within a written policy

2639.4s

6.2K11.8K

409m 2s

Structured Extraction

Turns logs, diffs and records into exact JSON

5227.2s

7.7K4.4K

433m 17s

Coding

Writes code and SQL that pass hidden tests

446.5s

12.1K9.2K

166m 54s

Grounded Answers

Answers from the given documents with sources, never guesses

2926.0s

6.9K4.5K

433m 22s

Instruction Following

Applies every rule, including ones changed mid-conversation

3644.5s

11.4K8K

466m 5s

Business Logic

Computes billing, scheduling and pricing rules exactly

1435.4s

10K5.2K

333m 55s

Security & permissions

Ignores planted instructions, still does the allowed work

4027.3s

5.8K4.9K

433m 47s

Diagnosis & investigation

Chooses diagnostic checks, repairs supported causes and verifies recovery

034.6s

5.1K8.7K

06m 39s

What you'd run

The build behind each score. Orange marks the faster, smaller, cheaper or longer-context side.

SpecAApodex 1.1 Mini (free)BUnderdog Saluki 27B

Speed

278 tok/s

23 tok/s

Machine

Hosted

Apple M5 Pro, 48 GB

Memory at 32K

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10.2 GB

Context

256K

Cost per run

Not measured

Cost per case

Not measured

Time per case

35.1s

5m 15s

Quantization

BF16

IQ2_XS

Harness

openrouter

llama.cpp

The race

4 lead changes

Each model's running score as the test cases go by. The dashed line is a perfect run.

Apodex 1.1 Mini (free)Underdog Saluki 27B

Every test case

153 test cases

Each square is one test case, colored by the model that scored higher.

Agents26

Structured Extraction42

Coding16

Grounded Answers14

Instruction Following27

Business Logic04

Security & permissions13

Diagnosis & investigation00

11 won by Apodex 1.1 Mini (free)32 won by Underdog Saluki 27B110 tied