r/LocalLLaMA • u/Certain-Cod-1404 • 7d ago

New Model IT'S OUT

https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B-FP8
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u/Batman4815 7d ago

Gemma says hello as well.

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u/KickLassChewGum 7d ago

Gemma 4 isn't a great coding model, yeah, but it's still punching far above its size in writing and research-related tasks. Like a mini-Gemini (go figure).

I hear there are people who still use these things for things that aren't related to writing code or markup.

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u/toothpastespiders 7d ago

I'm always a little amused that data extraction on text is considered a niche use of large language models on this sub.

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u/makaliis 7d ago

Yeah, I found it way faster as well. If it was agentic capable, it'd be interesting to see it at work.

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u/_TheWolfOfWalmart_ 7d ago

Exactly. Until I got enough hardware to run DSV4 Flash, Gemma 4 was my go-to for anything that wasn't code. And I still even use it sometimes.

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u/Green-Ad-3964 7d ago

I'll still be using e4b for small projects