best model size you guys would want?

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Basically title. All labs seem to have agreed 24-27b is the minimum size they will go, nothing below that. I wonder when will we get the next sub

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Just wanna get a sensing of the hardware ownership spread in the sub. I could ask that directly, but this is more fun while we're waiting.</p>

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>What models do you think are best for UI/design? I saw that GLM5.1 was quite capable, Opus and Sonnet as well, but are there any smaller models

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Around 3B please thank you</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Conscious_Nobody9571">

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I'm currently working on research into AI.</p> <p>It's conceptual research (embedding my own ideas directly into AI weights) and AI security.</p>

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>So my phone can run a 7b model at q4ks quant at 9 tokens/s but would running a larger model be worth it at lower quants? I mainly use it for

<!-- 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>Looking for model around the size of 100M, looking to see if it has improved since the last post on this topic from 2 years ago. </p> </div><!--