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Is there a better small model than Qwen3.5 4B for a fast local AI assistant?

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I'm currently using Qwen3.5 4B as the brain of my local AI assistant because my hardware is relatively limited. One thing I really like about it is the speed. On my system, I'm getting around 40–50 tokens/sec, which makes the interaction feel surprisingly close to real-time. So I don't want to move…

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  1. 2026-09-14 12:37 · r/LocalLLaMA
    Is there a better small model than Qwen3.5 4B for a fast local AI assistant?

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