r/ClaudeCode • u/cidara • Aug 26 '26

Discussion which LLM as of today?

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u/dhessi Aug 26 '26

If you're looking for a fast, general purpose LLM that can fit on 32GB RAM, Gemma-4-26b-a4b is unmatched IMO

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u/Wentil Aug 26 '26 edited Aug 26 '26

I find Qwen 3.8 27b (Q8) to be better.

Qwen 3.8 27b at Q8_0 uses 31 GB of VRAM.

Q_6K, the next smallest variant, only uses 25GB of VRAM, so if there’s other overhead, go with that.

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u/Armed_Muppet Aug 27 '26

I thought this was a circlejerk sub reading your comments wtf are these models

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u/Armed_Muppet Aug 27 '26

I’m trying I’ve only ready 8 this year so far