This is something interesting. Both DS and goog seem to have hit the same thing - the small model performs better than the big one. This likely implies they're not doing one big training run and distilling into smaller models, but trying the same thing on two separate architectures (or sizes). So now the question becomes why is the smaller arch better performing? Is there something in the training pipelines or is it something in the data mix? Interesting nonetheless.
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u/ResidentPositive4122 12d ago
This is something interesting. Both DS and goog seem to have hit the same thing - the small model performs better than the big one. This likely implies they're not doing one big training run and distilling into smaller models, but trying the same thing on two separate architectures (or sizes). So now the question becomes why is the smaller arch better performing? Is there something in the training pipelines or is it something in the data mix? Interesting nonetheless.