Where Are Qwen's Small Models? Local LLM Community Questions the Missing 1B-4B Weights
your_real_Fathe_ · reddit · 2026-09-27
A Reddit post asks why Qwen hasn't released new 1B-4B models since the 3.5 series, with Qwen 4 rumors suggesting no plans — even as its larger releases like the Qwen 3.8 27B impress.
The author argues this conflicts with the open-weight mission: most users lack high-end hardware, small companies can't train from scratch, and many edge models are just fine-tunes of Qwen bases. The absence of light weights slows edge-compatible AI development. Google's Gemma line has the same gap, and hasn't shipped a new flagship since Gemini 3.1 Pro.
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