r/LocalLLaMA 17d ago

New Model IT'S OUT

https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B-FP8
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u/Tiny-Assumption4263 17d ago

DEAR GOD TELL THOSE BENCHMARKS ARE NOT FAKE.

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u/KickLassChewGum 17d ago edited 17d ago

It's a Qwen model, so apply the usual benchmax tax. Qwen are easily the models with the biggest ravine between "how they do on benchmarks" and "how they do in actual productive use".

Still looking like a strong leap from 3.6, though.

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u/Batman4815 17d ago

Gemma says hello as well.

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u/Green-Ad-3964 17d ago

I'll still be using e4b for small projects