Qwen 3.5 4b versus Qwen 2.5 7b for home assistant

Reddit r/LocalLLaMA / 3/29/2026

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A Reddit user asks whether Qwen 3.5 4B performs better than the commonly used Qwen 2.5 7B when integrated with Home Assistant for local use.
They note prior experience where Qwen 3 was disappointing and they reverted to Qwen 2.5 7B, and they are now testing Qwen 3.5 4B.
The user specifically expects improvements from Qwen 3.5 4B’s multimodal capabilities and its smaller/faster footprint, and wonders if it will be better at using Home Assistant’s tool set.
They run the model on a GTX 3060 12GB and plan to report back findings as part of the ongoing discussion.
The post is framed as community troubleshooting and benchmarking rather than an announcement of a new product or release.

Just curious if anyone here has tested out Qwen 3.5 4b with home assistant. Qwen 2.5 7b has been my go to for a long time and Qwen 3 was so disappointing that reverted back. Really curious to see how I can leverage its multimodal functionality plus its smaller/faster. Can I assume its better at using the Home assistant tool set?

For reference I'm running the model on a GTX 3060 12GB

Curious to hear back from anyone, keeping my fingers crossed that its going to be a big upgrade. Just starting the download now. I will over course report back with my findings as well.

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