Local Test: Qwen 3.8 27B Reasoning Efficiency Approaches Opus
haider1 · x · 2026-09-01
A user running Qwen 3.8 27B locally on an RTX 3090 (24GB VRAM) found it performs exceptionally well in certain areas, with reasoning efficiency very close to Opus 4.8. While raw frontend/design output lags behind, Qwen's standout feature is its high reasoning efficiency.
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