SmolLM3-3B: Hugging Face Ships Fully Open 3B Reasoning Model That Beats Llama-3.2-3B and Qwen2.5-3B
HuggingFace·high signal
Hugging Face released SmolLM3-3B, a fully open instruct and reasoning model at 3B parameters that outperforms Llama-3.2-3B and Qwen2.5-3B at the same scale. It represents the continued push toward capable small models for on-device and edge agent deployments. The 'SmolLM' line has been a reliable bellwether for what's achievable at sub-7B scale.