What are Apriel-v1.6-15B-Thinker's benchmark scores?

As of 25 Oct 2026, Apriel-v1.6-15B-Thinker scores 48.1 ±9.9 on the BenchLeader Index, strongest in instruction following (68) and weakest in knowledge (35). That rests on 5 independent benchmark results, and every score on this page links to its publisher.

How does Apriel-v1.6-15B-Thinker rank?

Apriel-v1.6-15B-Thinker is #437 of 785 ranked configurations on 25 Oct 2026. 557 other configurations score within its margin, so the exact position matters less than the band. The leader is Claude Opus 5.5 (max effort) at 72.6.

When was Apriel-v1.6-15B-Thinker released?

ServiceNow released Apriel-v1.6-15B-Thinker on 25 Nov 2025.

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Apriel-v1.6-15B-Thinker

Apriel-v1.6-15B-Thinker is a ServiceNow open-weights reasoning model, released 25 Nov 2025. Its best configuration ranks #437 of 785 on the BenchLeader Index at 48.1 ±9.9, in the lower half. The ± is the point: 557 other configurations score within that range, so they and this one cannot be told apart on quality alone — price and speed are what separate them. It scores highest in instruction following (68) and lowest in knowledge (35). Last measured 25 Nov 2025.stale: no new result in six months

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Released: 25 Nov 2025

How it scores by categoryDashed line = average model (50). One step of 15 = one standard deviation.

Overall index48
Reasoning41
Agents & tools46
Knowledge35
Instruction following68
Composite44

How its index has moved

19 Sept 2026 to 21 Oct 2026

The index is recomputed from scratch every day, so a line moves when a new benchmark result lands, when a publisher revises a score, or when the models it is normalised against change. Early movement usually means the score is still settling.

Benchmark results

See all LLM benchmarks. One column per reasoning effort. Rank is among every configuration of every model on that benchmark. Hover a score for the run it came from.

Reasoning

Benchmark	not stated	Source
GPQA Diamond (AA)not in index	73.3%#268	Artificial Analysis
Humanity's Last Exam (AA)not in index	10.8%#311	Artificial Analysis
CritPt	0.3%#271	Artificial Analysis

Agents & tools

Benchmark	not stated	Source
Terminal-Bench Hard	14.4%#196	Artificial Analysis
τ²-Bench Telecom (AA)not in index	69.3%#157	Artificial Analysis

Knowledge

Benchmark	not stated	Source
AA-Omniscience	-59.4#461	Artificial Analysis
AA-Omniscience: accuracynot in index	17.0%#375	Artificial Analysis
AA-Omniscience: non-hallucinationnot in index	8.1%#469	Artificial Analysis

Instruction following

Benchmark	not stated	Source
IFBench	69.1%#75	Artificial Analysis

Composite

Benchmark	not stated	Source
AA Intelligence Index v4.3.2	13.4#309	Artificial Analysis

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What are Apriel-v1.6-15B-Thinker's benchmark scores?: As of 25 Oct 2026, Apriel-v1.6-15B-Thinker scores 48.1 ±9.9 on the BenchLeader Index, strongest in instruction following (68) and weakest in knowledge (35). That rests on 5 independent benchmark results, and every score on this page links to its publisher.
How does Apriel-v1.6-15B-Thinker rank?: Apriel-v1.6-15B-Thinker is #437 of 785 ranked configurations on 25 Oct 2026. 557 other configurations score within its margin, so the exact position matters less than the band. The leader is Claude Opus 5.5 (max effort) at 72.6.
When was Apriel-v1.6-15B-Thinker released?: ServiceNow released Apriel-v1.6-15B-Thinker on 25 Nov 2025.

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Cite as: BenchLeader, “Apriel-v1.6-15B-Thinker: benchmarks, pricing, speed and rank”, data as of 25 Oct 2026, https://www.benchleader.com/models/apriel-v1-6-15b-thinker.