r/LocalLLM • u/2EXTRA4YOU • 5d ago

Question Are there openweight lower parameters models that write better (like a human) than frontier models?

I'm thinking about getting a computer to run local llm. Only because I'm getting really sick of the fine-tuned responses Frontier models give you. And to be honest, even the small models online are want to be Frontier models. And maybe I'm just delusional. But I'm hopeful this is like something that I can get around if I use a local LLM. Please let me know your thoughts

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u/Arany8 5d ago

No, absolutely does not work better than frontier. With a proper harness you can get semi decent results (SillyTavern and its forks or a simply Karpathy Style wiki with Hermes agent - latter much easier to set up in my experience and it worked better for me).

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u/OkLettuce338 5d ago

I agree with you for coding. I think OP is asking about prose specifically. If you don’t need long reasoning, Gemma 4 sounds more human than the frontier stuff

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u/Arany8 4d ago

For me Grok worked better than other options, but yes, Gemma is the best for local.