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Hello Check Report

TL;DR

This is a short “hi can you help me?” smoke test. It shows whether the listed model answered and how long that request took. A successful greeting does not establish coding ability, reasoning quality or steady-state speed.

This page captures the raw “hi can you help me?” smoke test run. It is useful as a clean first-impression comparison: how long the model took to start answering and what kind of personality or grounding it revealed in its very first reply.

Source: 2026-04-05-small-model-eval.json Prompt: hi can you help me?

Summary

This is the simplest benchmark in the archive: one prompt, no follow-up, no scaffolding, just the model's first visible reply.

6models checked
115.2saverage latency
6/6non-empty replies

Latency

Lower is better.

qwen14-coder-32k 14b
54.0s
qwen14-general-32k 14b
66.0s
codestral-32k 22b
101.0s
phind34-16k 34b
113.0s
qwen32-coder-32k 32b
175.0s
codellama34-16k 34b
182.0s

Replies

This is the actual visible text the models returned for the hello-check prompt.

qwen14-coder-32k

14b

Latency: 54.0s

Characters: 44 chars

Of course! What do you need assistance with?

qwen14-general-32k

14b

Latency: 66.0s

Characters: 241 chars

Of course! How can I assist you today? Do you need help with creating an execution plan, identifying risks, defining acceptance criteria, or something else related to software delivery? Please provide more details so I can better assist you.

codestral-32k

22b

Latency: 101.0s

Characters: 229 chars

Of course! I'd be happy to help you with your coding questions or problems. Could you please provide more details about the specific issue or task you're facing? This will allow me to provide a more accurate and helpful response.

phind34-16k

34b

Latency: 113.0s

Characters: 186 chars

Of course, I'd be happy to help. However, you haven't mentioned what issue or problem you're facing. Please provide more details about your query or the problem you need assistance with.

qwen32-coder-32k

32b

Latency: 175.0s

Characters: 255 chars

Of course! I'd be happy to help you. Could you please provide more details about what you need assistance with? Are you facing an issue with a specific piece of software, a bug, or something else? The more details you provide, the better I can assist you.

codellama34-16k

34b

Latency: 182.0s

Characters: 267 chars

Hello! I'd be happy to help you with any questions or problems you have. Could you please provide more information about what you need help with, such as the code you're working on or the issue you're facing? The more details you provide, the better I can assist you.