Labs
Every lab tracked, grouped by where it is based and ordered by its best Small LM Index score: United States (14) · China (14) · Europe (12) · Rest of Asia (5) · Other (4).
United States
NVIDIA US
8 models · best index 73.3 (Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B)
| Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B | 74B / 9B | 73.3 | 2026-10-12 |
| Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | 31.6B / 3.6B | 63.6 | 2026-08-11 |
| Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B | 31.6B / 3.5B | 62.6 | 2025-12-15 |
| Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 4B | 4B | 60.0 | 2026-10-16 |
| Nemotron Nano 9B v2 | 8.9B | 52.5 | 2025-08-18 |
| Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B | 8B | — | 2026-10-05 |
| Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B-A3B | 31.6B / 3.5B | — | 2026-04-28 |
| Nemotron 3 Nano 4B | 4B | — | 2026 |
Meta US
5 models · best index 72.6 (Muse Glimmer 30B)
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 29.6B | 72.6 | 2026-08-09 |
| Llama 3.3 70B | 70.6B | 40.8 | 2024-12-06 |
| Llama 3.1 8B | 8B | 21.3 | 2024-07-23 |
| Llama 3.2 3B | 3.2B | — | 2024-09-25 |
| Llama 3.2 1B | 1.2B | — | 2024-09-25 |
Google US
13 models · best index 70.1 (Gemma 4 31B)
| Gemma 4 31B | 30.7B | 70.1 | 2026-04-02 |
| Gemma 4 26B-A4B | 25.2B / 3.8B | 67.5 | 2026-04-02 |
| Gemma 4 12B | 11.9B | 56.9 | 2026-06-03 |
| DiffusionGemma 26B-A4B | 25.8B / 4B | 52.6 | 2026-06-09 |
| Gemma 4 E4B | 8B | 38.2 | 2026-04-02 |
| Gemma 3 27B | 27.4B | 32.7 | 2025-03-12 |
| Gemma 4 E2B | 5.1B | 31.9 | 2026-04-02 |
| Gemma 3 12B | 12.2B | 28.4 | 2025-03-12 |
| Gemma 3n E4B | 7.8B | 18.2 | 2025-06-26 |
| Gemma 3 4B | 4.3B | 17.5 | 2025-03-12 |
| Gemma 3n E2B | 5.4B | 14.3 | 2025-06-26 |
| Gemma 3 1B | 1B | 6.1 | 2025-03-12 |
| Gemma 3 270M | 270M | — | 2025-08-14 |
IBM (Granite) US
3 models · best index 67.0 (Granite 4.2 30B)
| Granite 4.2 30B | 30B | 67.0 | 2026-08-07 |
| Granite 4.2 8B | 8B | 63.5 | 2026-08-07 |
| Granite 4.2 3B | 3B | 54.8 | 2026-08-07 |
OpenAI US
2 models · best index 64.0 (gpt-oss-20b)
| gpt-oss-20b | 20.9B / 3.6B | 64.0 | 2025-08-05 |
| gpt-oss-safeguard-20b | 20.9B / 3.6B | — | 2025-10-29 |
Liquid AI US
10 models · best index 61.4 (LFM2.5 24B-A2B)
| LFM2.5 24B-A2B | 24B / 2B | 61.4 | 2026-10-13 |
| LFM3 1.7B | 1.7B | 60.0 | 2026-10-27 |
| LFM2.5 2.6B | 2.7B | 43.2 | 2026-07-28 |
| LFM2.5 1.2B Thinking | 1.2B | 30.1 | 2026-01-20 |
| LFM2.5 1.2B Instruct | 1.2B | 20.6 | 2026-01-06 |
| LFM2.5 350M | 350M | 12.6 | 2026-03-31 |
| LFM3-Omni 2B | 2.2B | — | 2026-10-21 |
| LFM3-VL 2B | 1.9B | — | 2026-10-19 |
| LFM2.5-VL 3B | 3.1B | — | 2026-08-11 |
| LFM2.5 8B-A1B | 8.5B / 1B | — | 2026-05-28 |
ServiceNow (Apriel) US
1 model · best index 60.9 (Apriel 1.6 15B Thinker)
| Apriel 1.6 15B Thinker | 14.9B | 60.9 | 2025-12-04 |
Ai2 (OLMo) US
2 models · best index 57.0 (OLMo 3.1 32B Think)
| OLMo 3.1 32B Think | 32.2B | 57.0 | 2025-12-10 |
| OLMo 3 7B Think | 7.3B | 43.4 | 2025-11-20 |
Microsoft (Phi) US
5 models · best index 54.4 (Phi-4-reasoning-plus)
| Phi-4-reasoning-plus | 14.7B | 54.4 | 2025-04-30 |
| Phi-4 | 14.7B | 44.7 | 2024-12-12 |
| FrogNano 4B | 4.7B | — | 2026-09-17 |
| Phi-4-reasoning-vision-15B | 15B | — | 2026-03 |
| Phi-4-mini | 3.8B | — | 2025-02-26 |
Nous Research (Hermes) US
1 model · best index 51.4 (Hermes 4.3 36B)
| Hermes 4.3 36B | 36.2B | 51.4 | 2025-11-17 |
China
Nanbeige (Kanzhun) CN
2 models · best index 77.8 (Nanbeige4.3 33B)
| Nanbeige4.3 33B | 33.1B | 77.8 | 2026-10-24 |
| Nanbeige4.2 3B | 4.2B | 70.4 | 2026-07-21 |
Alibaba (Qwen) CN
16 models · best index 77.0 (Qwen3.8 27B)
| Qwen3.8 27B | 27B | 77.0 | 2026-08-14 |
| Qwen3.6 27B | 27B | 74.0 | 2026-04-22 |
| Qwen3.6 35B-A3B | 35B / 3B | 72.2 | 2026-04-16 |
| Qwen3.5 27B | 27B | 70.6 | 2026-02-24 |
| Qwen3.5 35B-A3B | 35B / 3B | 69.9 | 2026-02-24 |
| Qwen3.5 9B | 9B | 63.9 | 2026-03-02 |
| Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Thinking | 80B / 3B | 63.3 | 2025-09-11 |
| Qwen3 30B-A3B Thinking 2507 | 30.5B / 3.3B | 59.3 | 2025-07-30 |
| Qwen3.5 4B | 4B | 57.8 | 2026-03-02 |
| Qwen3 4B Thinking 2507 | 4B | 55.7 | 2025-08-06 |
| Qwen3 32B | 32.8B | 52.4 | 2025-04-29 |
| Qwen3 8B | 8.2B | 48.5 | 2025-04-29 |
| Qwen3.5 2B | 2.3B | 33.0 | 2026-03-02 |
| Qwen3.5 0.8B | 900M | 10.7 | 2026-03-02 |
| Qwen3-Coder-Next | 79.7B / 3B | — | 2026-01-30 |
| Qwen3-Coder 30B-A3B | 30.5B / 3.3B | — | 2025-07-31 |
SparkLLM (XHToken) CN
3 models · best index 67.5 (Spark-X2.6 4B)
| Spark-X2.6 4B | 4.1B | 67.5 | 2026-10-19 |
| Spark-X2.5 4B | 4.1B | 65.5 | 2026-08-24 |
| Spark-X2.6 1.7B | 1.7B | 50.1 | 2026-10-19 |
Z.ai (GLM) CN
2 models · best index 66.1 (GLM-4.7-Flash)
| GLM-4.7-Flash | 31B / 3B | 66.1 | 2026-01-19 |
| GLM-4.6V-Flash | 9B | — | 2025-12-08 |
ByteDance Seed CN
1 model · best index 60.3 (Seed-OSS 36B Instruct)
| Seed-OSS 36B Instruct | 36.2B | 60.3 | 2025-08-20 |
OpenBMB (MiniCPM) CN
9 models · best index 57.5 (MiniCPM5 2B)
| MiniCPM5 2B | 2.5B | 57.5 | 2026-09-06 |
| MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B | 35.2B / 3B | 54.5 | 2026-10-07 |
| MiniCPM-SALA | 9.5B | 52.6 | 2026-02-11 |
| MiniCPM-V 4.7 1B | 1.6B | — | 2026-10-06 |
| MiniCPM5 1B | 1.1B | — | 2026-05-21 |
| MiniCPM-V 4.6 Thinking | 1.3B | — | 2026-05-08 |
| MiniCPM-V 4.6 | 1.3B | — | 2026-04-13 |
| MiniCPM-o 4.5 | 9.4B | — | 2026-02-03 |
| AgentCPM-Explore 4B | 4B | — | 2026-01-11 |
DeepSeek CN
4 models · best index 53.1 (DeepSeek-R1-0528-Qwen3-8B)
| DeepSeek-R1-0528-Qwen3-8B | 8.2B | 53.1 | 2025-05-29 |
| DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B | 32.8B | 50.9 | 2025-01-20 |
| DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B | 70.6B | 50.1 | 2025-01-20 |
| DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B | 7.6B | 39.8 | 2025-01-20 |
Tencent (Hunyuan) CN
1 model · best index 52.5 (Hunyuan 7B Instruct)
| Hunyuan 7B Instruct | 7.5B | 52.5 | 2025-08-04 |
InclusionAI (Ling) CN
4 models · best index 51.9 (Ling 3.0 Tiny)
| Ling 3.0 Tiny | 7.9B / 1.4B | 51.9 | 2026-08-10 |
| LLaDA2.2 mini | 16.3B / 1.4B | 29.7 | 2026-09-05 |
| Ring-mini-2.0 | 16.3B / 1.4B | — | 2025-09-19 |
| Ling-mini-2.0 | 16.3B / 1.4B | — | 2025-09-09 |
Xiaomi (MiMo) CN
3 models · best index 40.7 (MiMo-7B-RL)
| MiMo-7B-RL | 7.8B | 40.7 | 2025-04-30 |
| MiMo-V2.6-Distill-Qwen-9B | 9.4B | — | 2026-09 |
| MiMo-VL-7B-RL | 8.3B | — | 2025-05-30 |
Moonshot AI (Kimi) CN
2 models
| Kimi Linear 48B-A3B | 48B / 3B | — | 2025-10-30 |
| Kimi-VL-A3B-Thinking-2506 | 16.4B / 2.8B | — | 2025-06-21 |
Baidu (ERNIE) CN
3 models
| ERNIE 4.5 VL 28B-A3B Thinking | 28B / 3B | — | 2025-11-07 |
| ERNIE 4.5 21B-A3B Thinking | 21.8B / 3B | — | 2025-09-08 |
| ERNIE 4.5 0.3B | 360M | — | 2025-06-30 |
Europe
Mistral AI FR
7 models · best index 60.0 (Ministral 3 14B)
| Ministral 3 14B | 14B | 60.0 | 2025-12-02 |
| Magistral Small 1.2 | 24B | 55.9 | 2025-09-17 |
| Ministral 3 8B | 8B | 55.2 | 2025-12-02 |
| Ministral 3 3B | 3B | 49.4 | 2025-12-02 |
| Mistral Small 3.2 | 24B | 38.6 | 2025-06-20 |
| Devstral Small 2 | 24B | — | 2025-12-09 |
| Voxtral Small 24B | 24B | — | 2025-07-15 |
Swiss AI Initiative (Apertus) CH
2 models · best index 20.1 (Apertus 1.5 8B)
| Apertus 1.5 8B | 8.9B | 20.1 | 2026-07-24 |
| Apertus 1.5 70B | 72B | — | 2026-07-24 |
EuroLLM (UTTER consortium) PT
2 models · best index 19.2 (EuroLLM 22B Instruct)
| EuroLLM 22B Instruct | 22.6B | 19.2 | 2025-12-05 |
| EuroLLM 9B Instruct (2512) | 9.2B | — | 2026-01-26 |
Barcelona Supercomputing Center (ALIA) ES
2 models
| ALIA 40B Instruct | 40.4B | — | 2026-06-30 |
| Salamandra 7B Instruct | 7.8B | — | 2026-06-30 |
OpenLLM-France (Luciole) FR
2 models
| Luciole 23B Thinking | 23.2B | — | 2026-09-09 |
| Luciole 8B Instruct | 8.1B | — | 2026-07-07 |
Rest of Asia
LG AI Research (EXAONE) KR
2 models · best index 62.0 (EXAONE 4.0 32B)
| EXAONE 4.0 32B | 32B | 62.0 | 2025-07-15 |
| EXAONE 4.0 1.2B | 1.3B | 36.1 | 2025-07-15 |
Kakao (Kanana) KR
1 model · best index 50.7 (Kanana-2 30B-A3B Thinking)
| Kanana-2 30B-A3B Thinking | 30.7B / 3B | 50.7 | 2026-01-14 |
Other
Edge0 country not published
2 models · best index 62.8 (Edge0 35B-A3B (preview))
| Edge0 35B-A3B (preview) | 34.7B / 3B | 62.8 | 2026-09-08 |
| Edge0 8B-A1B (preview) | 7.9B / 1.4B | 47.2 | 2026-09-08 |
Labs with no open models under 100B
Tracked so you know they were checked, not forgotten.
| Anthropic | No open-weight models. Claude Haiku is the small tier, but its parameter count is undisclosed. |
| MiniMax | Open-weight releases (M2, M2.5, ...) are ~200B+ total parameters (MoE, ~10B active). |
| Reflection AI | First open-weight model Beam (Oct 2026) is 501B total / 23B active. |
| Thinking Machines Lab | Inkling (Jul 2026) is 975B total / 41B active; a smaller variant is still well above 100B. |
| SpaceXAI (formerly xAI) | Grok 4.x models are proprietary; earlier open checkpoints (Grok-1, Grok-2) are 270B+. |
| TypeSafe AI | Jev models are proprietary; parameter counts are unpublished. |
| Atomic Chat | An app for running other labs' open models locally (GGUF, MLX, ONNX). It publishes quantized copies of others' models, not models of its own. |
| Octen | Builds search infrastructure and embedding models (Octen-Embedding 0.6B-8B), not chat or reasoning language models. |
| Fastino Labs | Builds small task-specific models (GLiNER2.5 extraction, GLiDE decision model), not general-purpose language models. |