Llama 3.2
Meta released small text models for edge devices and larger models with vision capabilities.
For buildersMatch model size and modality to the device and task instead of defaulting to the largest model.
4 model releases from 3 providers in September 2024, with announcement dates, official sources, and practical notes for builders.
Dates refer to the linked announcement or release milestone. Previews are labeled in the entries; historical availability and pricing may have changed.
Meta released small text models for edge devices and larger models with vision capabilities.
For buildersMatch model size and modality to the device and task instead of defaulting to the largest model.
Alibaba’s Qwen team released a broad family of open-weight language models, with coding and mathematics variants.
For buildersChoose the smallest model that meets the requirements of your language or code task.
OpenAI released a smaller reasoning model focused on tasks such as coding and mathematics.
For buildersA lower-cost reasoning tier offered another option for technical tasks.
An early reasoning model became available in ChatGPT and to eligible API users, using more computation before answering.
For buildersReasoning models introduced a new tradeoff between response speed and work on difficult problems.