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New: Nanbeige4.1-3B, open-source 3B para model that reasons, aligns and acts

A tiny 3B model is reportedly outperforming giants on key benchmarks.

Deep Dive

The new open-source Nanbeige 4.1-3B model aims to prove small models can master reasoning, alignment, and agentic behavior. It scores 73.2 on Arena-Hard-v2 and 52.21 on Multi-Challenge, beating larger models. With 256k token context, it supports deep-search with hundreds of tool calls and sustained single-pass reasoning for complex tasks like LiveCodeBench-Pro and AIME 2026 I, demonstrating native agent capabilities in a compact package.

Why It Matters

This could democratize powerful AI, enabling high-performance reasoning and agent tasks on consumer hardware.