AI Model Size Effectiveness Discussion

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hi. What do you think is the smallest Open model, as of Spring 2026, that can match/beat OpenAI GPT 4o Mini in the broadest sense possible?</p>

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I read this sub every day and I keep seeing benchmarks and discussions focused almost entirely on tokens/s generation speed. Prompt processing

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Long time Claude Opus user, but after the recent session limit changes by Anthropic, I am seriously considering trying Chinese models for coding.

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Trying to auto categorize a former employees photos from personal and work related. It’s a lot of photos and I don’t want the guy to loose

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Tomorrow, I am getting delivery of a 13&quot; M5 macbook air with 32gb RAM and 1T SSD. Currently, I have pro subscriptions to Gemini, Perplexity

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>so recently i got to know that we can use vscode terimal + claude code + ollama models<br /> and i tried doing that it was great but im running

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hello. I'm ordering a small piece of software for personal needs (like a virtual keyboard or an expression recognition action app). I asked

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hello everyone,</p> <p>I’m looking for an AI that runs entirely locally on my PC, without needing an internet connection.</p> <p>I’d like it to