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I spent a couple of days benchmarking local Qwen models against Claude Opus 4.6 — here are the results

I spent a couple of days benchmarking nine local Qwen 3.8 configurations against Claude Opus 4.6, using Claude to help run and analyze the tests. I put the results, methodology, speed measurements, and failure analysis into the attached 14-page PDF. Rather than just posting the headline scores, I’v…

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  1. 2026-10-20 13:17 · r/LocalLLM
    I spent a couple of days benchmarking local Qwen models against Claude Opus 4.6 — here are the results

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