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Recommended open models
A list of recommended open models for common use cases
Which open models should I use?
There’s no single right answer! Here’s a curated list based on Fireworks internal testing, community feedback, and external benchmarks. We recommend using it as a starting point, and we will update it regularly as new models emerge.
- Model sizes are marked as Small, Medium, or Large
- For best latency, use small or medium models. For best quality, use large models or fine-tune medium or small models.
- You can explore all models in the Fireworks Model Library
| Use Case | Recommended Models |
|---|---|
| Code generation & reasoning | Deepseek R1 05/28, Deepseek V3 03-24 (Large) Qwen2.5-32B-Coder (Medium) |
| Code completion & bug fixing | Qwen2.5-32B-Coder (Medium) Qwen3 14B, Qwen3 7B (Small) |
| General reasoning & planning | DeepSeek R1 05/28, Deepseek V3 03-24 (Large) Qwen2.5-72B-Instruct, Llama 3.3 70B (Medium) |
| Function calling & tool use | Qwen3 235B A22B (Large) Qwen 3 Family Models (Large/Medium/Small) |
| Long context & summarization | Llama 4 Maverick (Large) Llama 4 Scout (Medium) |
| Vision & document understanding | Llama 4 Maverick (Large) Qwen2.5-VL 32B Instruct, Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct, Llama 4 Scout (Medium) Qwen2.5-VL 3-7B (Small) |
| Low-latency NLU & extraction | Llama 3.1 8B, Llama 3.2 3B, Llama 3.2 1B, Qwen3 7B (Small) |
Last updated: June 30, 2025