alt Hacker Newsis this actually the case? I haven't kept up with the small models
but if there's roughly Sonnet 4.6 level capable open small models, then I'd be impressed
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jhonof • 09/04/2026
Qwen 3.8 27B is better than Sonnet 4.6
Zambyte • 09/04/2026
Qwen 3.8 27b has the juice. Try it.
Qwen 3.8 27B is the real deal BUT remember to use froggeric template and/or medium reasoning.
https://huggingface.co/froggeric/Qwen-Fixed-Chat-Templates