Qwen 3.8 27B is missing a 'high' reasoning effort between medium and xhigh
alanoo · reddit · 2026-08-19
A Redditor asks why Qwen 3.8 27B has no 'high' reasoning effort option. The gap between 'medium' (which barely thinks) and the default 'xhigh' (already the subject of many complaints about overthinking) is described as ridiculously huge—and the naming itself implies a missing 'high' mode.
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