Ling-3.0-tiny
Shares rank 56 of 72 language models by recommenders
Small, fast model people find surprisingly capable for its size, useful for catching missed checks. Critics say it is too weak for harder coding and terminal work.
Small, fast model people find surprisingly capable for its size, useful for catching missed checks. Critics say it is too weak for harder coding and terminal work.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 89%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 8 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Fast, usable on consumer GPUs
“seems very usable on my 5070 Ti now since it's only 5.1B active”
Comment from 29 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Open-source engine running Gemma 4 26B in 2 GB RAM on any M-series Mac” “I switched to Ling 3.0 Tiny since it’s faster with A1B.”
Comment from 27 Oct 2026 in “Introducing LFM3: Every Modality for Specialized Intelligence” “Ling tiny is so fast but can be a little too dumb.”
Comment from 19 Aug 2026 in “Ornith-1.5: From Self-Scaffolding to Self-Improvement” Impressive for its size
“Oddly Ling 3 Tiny is pretty dang capable if its thinking is unleashed”
Comment from 20 Aug 2026 in “Ornith-1.5: From Self-Scaffolding to Self-Improvement” “I was quite impressed with it for what it is.”
Comment from 16 Sep 2026 in “Mistral X Mozilla: Private, Multilingual AI Browsing” “it looks really nice for a tiny model”
Comment from 2 Sep 2026 in “Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash Cyber”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Too weak for harder tasks
“Ling tiny is so fast but can be a little too dumb.”
Comment from 19 Aug 2026 in “Ornith-1.5: From Self-Scaffolding to Self-Improvement” “obviously incapable when you try to use them for swe or terminal based tasks”
Comment from 29 Oct 2026 in “Gemini 4 Carbon is the new #1 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5” Not reliable for all-clear results
“I wouldn't put a lot of weight into an all-clear result but if Ling tiny tells me my function lacks an essential check it will force me to consider it seriously”
Comment from 14 Sep 2026 in “GPT-5.6 Luna vs. GPT-6 Astra: Is a $1.20 Model Good Enough for Code Review?”
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| Ling-3.0-tinyThis page | 8 | 1 | 89% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
All 11 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“obviously incapable when you try to use them for swe or terminal based tasks”
“I switched to Ling 3.0 Tiny since it’s faster with A1B.”
“you're stuck with the much smaller models: Ling-3.0-tiny, Spark-X2.5-4B, LFM2.5”
“Ling-tiny can do summarization, dom manipulation, scripting, etc.”
“I was quite impressed with it for what it is.”
“I wouldn't put a lot of weight into an all-clear result but if Ling tiny tells me my function lacks an essential check it will force me to consider it seriously”
“it looks really nice for a tiny model”
“Oddly Ling 3 Tiny is pretty dang capable if its thinking is unleashed”
“Ling tiny is so fast but can be a little too dumb.”
“Have you seen Nanbeige4.2-3B or Ling-3.0-tiny?”
“seems very usable on my 5070 Ti now since it's only 5.1B active”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.