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Apertus 70B Instruct 2509

Instantly via the EU router or as a dedicated GPU deployment. Data stays in Europe.

1. Model Summary 2. How to use 3. Evaluation 4. Training 5. Limitations 6. Legal Aspects

swiss-ai/Apertus-70B-Instruct-2509
text->text · swiss-ai · sovereign EU
Runs on EU infrastructure operated by European companies; US marketplace capacity is never part of this chain. Full chain
71B
Parameters
66K
Context window
170GB
Minimum VRAM
POST /api/v1/chat/completions 200 OK

Specifications

Parameters 71B
Context window 65,536 tokens
Minimum VRAM 170 GB
Architecture ApertusForCausalLM (vLLM)
License apache-2.0
Modality text->text
Released September 2025
Publisher swiss-ai ↗

Pricing

Shared router · per token
€1.44
Input (per 1M tokens)
€2.30
Output (per 1M tokens)
Dedicated GPU · per hour
from €5,33 per hour
Your own vLLM instance on European cloud (170 GB VRAM), billed hourly.

Shared EU router, pay-per-token, scale-to-zero. Dedicated GPU deployments are billed hourly, see pricing.

Bench index

Bench is our quality index for every model, 0 to 100. It rests on public measurements (Epoch AI with about 40 benchmarks, LiveBench, LMArena and more) and is refreshed every morning. Where nobody measures, it shows an estimate with a range.

~52.9 / 100 · Estimate

No public benchmark yet: estimated from size and release date.

Range 41.5 to 64.3

Sources: Epoch AI ↗ · LiveBench ↗ · LMArena ↗ · Refreshed daily, last on 15-10-2026

Call it now

Drop-in replacement for OpenAI: change only the base URL and API key. The Anthropic format (/v1/messages) is supported too.

curl https://hostyourai.com/api/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer hyai-..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "swiss-ai/Apertus-70B-Instruct-2509",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
  }'

Frequently asked questions

Can I run Apertus 70B Instruct 2509 in the EU?

Yes. HostYourAI runs Apertus 70B Instruct 2509 on GPUs in European datacenters via vLLM. Prompts and outputs never leave the EU and there is no US cloud provider in the chain.

Is hosting Apertus 70B Instruct 2509 GDPR-compliant?

Yes. All processing happens inside the EU, a Data Processing Agreement (DPA) is available and the subprocessor list is public. Open-source weights also mean: no training on your data.

How much does Apertus 70B Instruct 2509 cost?

Via the shared EU router you pay €1.44 per million input tokens and €2.30 per million output tokens, with no fixed costs. For high volume or isolation you can also run Apertus 70B Instruct 2509 as a dedicated hourly GPU instance.

Is the API OpenAI-compatible?

Yes. You use the standard OpenAI SDKs with a custom base URL (https://hostyourai.com/api/v1). The Anthropic Messages API is supported as a drop-in as well.

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