Muse-Glimmer-30B Tested: A New King for 24GB VRAM with Efficient Reasoning
ForsookComparison · reddit · 2026-08-11
A Reddit user shared hands-on experience with the new Muse-Glimmer-30B model, suggesting it outperforms previous popular models of the same size on 24GB VRAM setups.
Key Highlights:
- Efficient Reasoning: Exhibits highly efficient chain-of-thought, comparable to Grok 4.5 levels of thinking.
- Quantization Friendly: Performs better under iq3xxs quantization than similarly sized Qwen and Gemma models.
- Deep Knowledge: Beats Qwen3.6 27B on no-tools trivia.
- Agent Efficiency: Acts as a faster agent in OpenCode compared to 27B models.
Weakness: Coding capabilities are relatively weaker, closer to Gemma4-31B levels. Overall, it fills a much-needed spot for local deployment on 24GB GPUs.
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