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Choosing between a small language model and a frontier model is one of the most expensive decisions in a production AI project, and it is often made on reputation rather than evidence. Frontier models are more capable on hard problems. Small models are cheaper, faster, and easier to run privately. The right choice depends on the task, and most businesses have several different tasks. This blog compares the two on five common business tasks, explains where each tends to do wel