NVIDIA’S Small Model: Nemotron-3.5 Bolt E4B 4GB Locally
Clip title: NVIDIA’S Small Model: Nemotron-3.5 Bolt E4B 4GB Locally Author / channel: Fahd Mirza URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=redCXhIyCJY
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The video explores the capabilities and limitations of the NVIDIA-Nemotron-3.5-Bolt-E4B-4GB, a 4-billion parameter small language model optimized for local assistant and device systems. The speaker tests the model using various challenges, including software bug fixing, HTML animation generation, riddles, math problems, and multi-language name generation. Through these tests, the video demonstrates how the model handles complex instructions and logical tasks.
In the software bug-fixing and HTML animation tests, the model fell short. While it confirmed that the application stack was running successfully, it failed to identify and fix the actual bug, prematurely declaring victory. Similarly, when tasked with creating an HTML simulation of a yakisoba teppan, the model produced a very basic file instead of the requested animation scene, missing key visual elements.
However, the model performed much better in logical, mathematical, and multilingual tasks. It successfully solved a physics problem involving free-fall kinetics and energy conservation with accurate calculations. It also navigated a tricky scheduling puzzle and generated names across 82 languages, though some repetition and generic selections were noted. The speaker concludes that while coding and complex debugging are not its strong suits, the model is a decent choice for general-purpose tasks, creative writing, and scientific reasoning given its compact size.
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This video installs and tests NVIDIA-Nemotron-3.5-Bolt-E4B-4GB is a small language model (SLM) further post-trained from Gemma-4.
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00:00 Intro 00:15 The Raramuri Runners Test 02:55 Meet Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B 03:30 NVIDIA’s Benchmark Chart 04:30 Test 1: Result 5:52 Test 2: Yakisoba Teppan HTML Simulation 6:58 Test 3: Logical Chicken Puzzle 8:25 Test 4: Science and Math Reasoning 9:12 Test 5: Scheduling Puzzle 9:50 Test 6: Baby Names in 82 Languages 10:57 Final Verdict
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