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Beating GPT-5.6 Sol on retrieval with 100x cheaper open models

414 points · 114 comments · moonikakiss

  1. JCharante · · focus · HN ↗
    I have done my own testing and found that smaller models can beat their larger siblings on fact retrieval from documents. I haven’t investigated it in depth with a large enough dataset but my guess is that larger models overthink it while smaller ones just do it. I would like if they compared this with 5.6 Luna instead.
    1. jorl17 · · focus · HN ↗
      Have been feeling the same. There's a sweet spot that threads the needle between "too dumb to search the right thing / relay the correct results" and "too smart to just stop overthinking and just report the damn thing"
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