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ποΈ Smol AI WorldCup: A 4B Model Just Beat 8B β Here's the Data
We evaluated 18 small language models from 12 makers on 125 questions across 7 languages. The results challenge the assumption that bigger is always better.
Community Article: https://huggingface.co/blog/FINAL-Bench/smol-worldcup
Live Leaderboard: https://huggingface.co/spaces/ginigen-ai/smol-worldcup
Dataset: https://huggingface.co/datasets/ginigen-ai/smol-worldcup
What we found:
β Gemma-3n-E4B (4B, 2GB RAM) outscores Qwen3-8B (8B, 5.5GB). Doubling parameters gained only 0.4 points. RAM cost: 2.75x more.
β GPT-OSS-20B fits in 1.5GB yet matches Champions-league dense models requiring 8.5GB. MoE architecture is the edge AI game-changer.
β Thinking models hurt structured output. DeepSeek-R1-7B scores 8.7 points below same-size Qwen3-8B and runs 2.7x slower.
β A 1.3B model fabricates confident fake content 80% of the time when prompted with nonexistent entities. Qwen3 family hits 100% trap detection across all sizes.
β Qwen3-1.7B (1.2GB) outscores Mistral-7B, Llama-3.1-8B, and DeepSeek-R1-14B. Latest architecture at 1.7B beats older architecture at 14B.
What makes this benchmark different?
Most benchmarks ask "how smart?" β we measure five axes simultaneously: Size, Honesty, Intelligence, Fast, Thrift (SHIFT). Our ranking metric WCS = sqrt(SHIFT x PIR_norm) rewards models that are both high-quality AND efficient. Smart but massive? Low rank. Tiny but poor? Also low.
Top 5 by WCS:
1. GPT-OSS-20B β WCS 82.6 β 1.5GB β Raspberry Pi tier
2. Gemma-3n-E4B β WCS 81.8 β 2.0GB β Smartphone tier
3. Llama-4-Scout β WCS 79.3 β 240 tok/s β Fastest model
4. Qwen3-4B β WCS 76.6 β 2.8GB β Smartphone tier
5. Qwen3-1.7B β WCS 76.1 β 1.2GB β IoT tier
Built in collaboration with the FINAL Bench research team. Interoperable with ALL Bench Leaderboard for full small-to-large model comparison.
Dataset is open under Apache 2.0 (125 questions, 7 languages). We welcome new model submissions. updated
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