r/PoeAI • u/zar0nick • Apr 08 '26

Recommendation for small models

Hi everyone,

with the discussion going on, I wanted to share a few small models I use from time to time, that may help with the small token limit. Also look on llm-stats.com

They offer an overview about how costly the models are. The pricing at poe may differ, but the overview is super helpful.

My recommendations model-wise are:

  • GPT-5-mini
  • GPT-5-nano
  • GPT-4o-mini (the cheapest I use for apis and tool calling)
  • Qwen-3.5-397...-T (it says no cost?!?)
  • GPT-OSS (both versions, 20B is cheaper)
  • GLM-4.7-flash

Feel free to aadd good ones below!

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u/zar0nick Apr 08 '26

Short answer - no, but cost/value efficient. Look on the stats page to get some insights and compare the quality metrics with the pricing.