Qwen 3.8 Early Tests: Good at Agentic Coding, But Struggles with Long Loops
bindureddy · x · 2026-08-04
The author conducted preliminary tests on Qwen 3.8, noting it performs well in agentic coding but is slightly worse than Kimi 3.
He points out that current open-source models are fundamentally based on MoE (Mixture of Experts) architectures. While great at benchmark maxing, their small number of active parameters makes them unsuitable for long-running agent loops.
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