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title: "Samaya's 3B Parameter Sterling Model Beats Claude on Financial Research Benchmark"
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published_at: "2026-10-28T17:53:56.000Z"
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topics: ["llm","nvidia","agent"]
source_urls: ["https://marketbrief.now/ai/samayas-3b-parameter-sterling-model-beats-claude-on-financial-research-b-b94c1162","https://huggingnews.com/ai/samayas-3b-parameter-sterling-model-beats-claude-on-financial-research-b-b94c1162","https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/10/30/samaya-sterling-post-trained-finance-research-model-frontierfinance/"]
summary: "Samaya's 3B parameter Sterling model, based on the Nemotron 3.5 Lightning architecture, scored 58.9% on the FrontierFinance benchmark, surpassing Claude Fable 5.1's 55.9% while reducing research costs from $6.89 to $0.61."
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# Samaya's 3B Parameter Sterling Model Beats Claude on Financial Research Benchmark

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**Published:** 2026-10-28T17:53:56.000Z
**Category:** Models
**Topics:** llm, nvidia, agent

## Summary

Samaya's 3B parameter Sterling model, based on the Nemotron 3\.5 Lightning architecture, scored 58\.9% on the FrontierFinance benchmark, surpassing Claude Fable 5\.1's 55\.9% while reducing research costs from $6\.89 to $0\.61\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://marketbrief.now/ai/samayas-3b-parameter-sterling-model-beats-claude-on-financial-research-b-b94c1162>)
- [Story source](<https://huggingnews.com/ai/samayas-3b-parameter-sterling-model-beats-claude-on-financial-research-b-b94c1162>)
- [Story source](<https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/10/30/samaya-sterling-post-trained-finance-research-model-frontierfinance/>)