Benchmaxxed again? Dev says Qwen 3.8 2.4T flopped in real use vs smaller GLM 5.3
serious_mehta · x · 2026-11-08
Following his "benchmaxxed" skepticism about Qwen 4's leaderboard scores, @seriousmehta adds first-hand experience: despite massive hype around Qwen 3.8 2.4T, extensive real-world use showed it was poor, while GLM 5.3 — a fraction of its size — outperformed it consistently.
Further evidence that leaderboard results can diverge sharply from actual usage.
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