Smart router over multiple small models vs one big model: an open deployment question
gnukeith · x · 2026-10-20
Developer gnukeith poses an open question: instead of hosting one big model, could you build a smart router that picks among multiple open models (e.g. Qwen 4 27B, LFM2.5-24B-A2B) based on the prompt, and have them work together on a problem?
He asks whether this is worth trying or whether hosting a much larger single model is the better path — a classic trade-off in local deployment: multi-small routing saves memory and lets you match models to tasks, but the router's intelligence and coordination mechanics are the hard part.
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