35B Model Matches 1T Performance, Making Deployment Cost the New Moat
heyshrutimishra · x · 2026-08-25
Shruti Mishra noted that the Apodex 1.1 mini (35B) scored 27.7 on the APEX-Agents benchmark, approaching Kimi K2.6 (1T parameters) which scored 27.9. This achieves similar intelligence with roughly 1/30th of the compute, fundamentally changing the cost math for agents and making deployment cost the new competitive moat.
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