Xiaomi quietly ships a Qwen-based 9B model claimed to be the best in its class, MIT-licensed and runnable on 8GB RAM
solyarisoftware · x · 2026-09-25
@itsPaulAi highlights a quietly released Xiaomi model built on Qwen-9B, calling it the best 9B model available. Key points:
- MIT license, fully open for commercial use
- Multimodal: image + text input
- Solid performance on coding and agentic tasks
- Runs locally on as little as 8GB of memory, including laptops with unified memory
A notable new option for local and offline small-model deployments.
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