Best local LLM for web search

Reddit r/LocalLLaMA / 4/19/2026

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The post asks which small local LLM (under 10B parameters) is best at performing web searches and whether there are reliable benchmarks to compare models.
The author specifically mentions testing Gemma 4B (Gemma E4B) and wonders how it stacks up for web-search tasks versus other similarly sized alternatives.
It also questions how much web-search quality improves when moving to larger models such as Qwen 3.6 35B or Gemma 4 31B.
The discussion is framed as a model-selection and evaluation problem for local LLM users rather than a new technical release.

Which LLM with under 10B params has the best ability to do web searches

Is there any benchmark for this where i could see how certain models perform

I've checked out gemma e4b it, is it any good for web searching compared to other alternatives at the same size.

Does the web searching get way better when going to better models like qwen 3.6 35B or gemma 4 31B