Open-source Laya model tops Hugging Face, beats cloud Jev in local decision speed
The open-source multilingual System 1 decision model Laya, dubbed 'open-source Jev', has topped Hugging Face's trending list. Community benchmarks show Laya outperforms cloud-based Jev in decision speed and latency on local devices, with tests reporting up to 20x faster median latency and 11x faster decision speed in specific scenarios.
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编辑|杨文 这几天,Jev 模型在开发者社区引发讨论。 有网友认为,Jev 看起来只是分类器,却具备零样本能力和接近前沿模型水平的智能。许多曾被忽略的传统机器学习思路,或许值得重新挖掘。 Karpathy 对此评论称,Jev 处在大语言模型帕累托最优曲线上的一个位置,满足了一类长期被低估的需求,这类任务不要求模型展开复杂思考,只需输出单个 token,在低延迟条件下完成足够可靠的判断。 Jev 走红后,一个名为 Laya 的模型也迅速受到关注。 Laya 是一款开源多语言 System 1 决策模型,基于文本输出概率完成分类和选择。网友将其称为「开源版 Jev」。 目前,Laya 登上 Hugging Face 热门榜,随后出现了多个本地部署版本。 Laya 几天内成为热门模型 Laya 的一个明显特点是支持本地运行。 社区项目 laya-mlx 将模型移植到 MLX,并进行了性能优化。 开发者介绍,模型在设备上运行时最高占用约 1GB 内存。在 M3 Max 上运行贪吃蛇,决策速度可达每秒 60 次。Core ML 版本在速度基本不变的情况下,功耗最高可降低 64%。 社区的一项对比测试使用 421M 版本 Laya 和云端 Jev 1.13.0,运行同一套 typed decision。 30 秒内,Laya 拿到 46 分,长度达到 52,平均每秒决策 86.5 次,P50 延迟约 9 毫秒;Jev 得分 1,长度 7,每秒决策 3.2 次,API 往返约 317 毫秒。 另一组 M5 Pro 测试显示,两者中位耗时分别为 15.3 毫秒和 298.1 毫秒,差距接近 20 倍。 在俄罗斯方块测试中,网友 atomic.chat 也称,Laya 在一台 16GB MacBook Air 上的决策速度约为云端 Jev 的 11 倍。 速度差异背后的部署取舍 这些结果首先反映了部署方式的差异。 Jev 每一步都要把请求发送到云端,再等待结果返回;Laya 直接在本地完成推理,不依赖网络。对于贪吃蛇、俄罗斯方块这类高频交互任务,几十到几百毫秒的延迟差距,足以改变最终表现。 网友调侃称,「上线三天的开源 Laya 击败发展两三年的 Jev」、「Jev 的护城河只维持了两天」。 Jev 和 Laya,展示了大模型竞争中的另一条路径,行业关注的不只有更长的思考和更复杂的推

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