nace-ai open-sources drex1.5 9B, claims best sub-9B decision model on jev-bench
DotaMate · reddit · 2026-10-11
nace-ai open-sourced drex1.5 9B, claimed to be the best sub-9B decision model on jev-bench 0.3.1 with the lowest latency on OpenRouter. The poster questions why 27B models are even in the decision model category — they're too heavy, might as well use Haiku.
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