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The 10x Inference Tax You Don
Benchmarking fine-tuned small language models (0.6B-8B) against 10 frontier LLMs across 8 datasets shows that task-specific SLMs match or beat frontier models at 10-100x lower inference cost.
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Vibe-Tuning: The Art of Fine-Tuning Small Language Models with a Prompt
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We Benchmarked 12 Small Language Models Across 8 Tasks to Find the Best Base Model for Fine-Tuning
A systematic benchmark of 12 small language models across 8 tasks reveals Qwen3-4B as the best for fine-tuning, with fine-tuned models matching or exceeding a 120B+ teacher. Smaller models like Llama-3.2-1B show the highest tunability.
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Gitara: How we trained a 3B Function-Calling Git Agent for Local Use
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Selim Nowicki
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Jacek Golebiowski
Managing Directors
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