Hands-on R1 27B High Reasoning: Good for Exploration, Painful for Agents
Old-Sherbert-4495 · reddit · 2026-08-15
User tested R1 27B high reasoning mode on 16GB VRAM, noting extremely long chains of thought (10-30 mins). While it pays off in one-shot reasoning tasks, it becomes unbearable in agentic coding due to incessant thinking between tool calls. The author suggests it fits exploratory reasoning but not deterministic workflows, noting that verbose prompts might help.
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