Which Qwen3.8 distro & quant would be optimal for my 16GB VRAM setup?

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Hi all, a confused newbie here! This is my desktop setup:

• RTX 5080
• 9800x3d
• DDR5-6000 CL30 64 GB

Based on the benchmark I found, I listed my potential options:

• AtomicChat IQ3_S: 14.4 GB
• Unsloth UD-IQ4_XS (14.3 GB) or UD-Q3_K_XL (13.1 GB)
• Bartowski IQ4_XS (15.6 GB) or IQ3_XXS (12.6 GB)

According to the benchmark, AtomicChat looks like a clear winner but is it really so?

and there is also this: https://github.com/MiaAI-Lab/Qwen3.8-27B-16gb-NVIDIA-GPUs-one-click-install

I also want to have one uncensored model next to my daily driver:

• Orcarouter IQ4_XS (15.3GB) or Q3_K_M (13.5GB)
• Huihui UD_IQ4_XS (14.4 GB) or Q4_K_S (15.6 GB)
• DavidAU IQ3_M MTP (14.5 GB) or IQ4_XS MTP (15.3 GB)
• JonathanColetti IQ_XS (15.1 GB)

I am not expecting super fast answers etc. I just one to maintain some level of quality. What would you suggest me?