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Is local llm for coding 12b and less any good now ?

I saw a video yesterday how Qwen 3.8 27B is basically Claude Opus 4.6, for me sonnet 5.5 is more than enough for most of my coding work, So I wonder if there are smaller models that meet the free claude power with 12b or less, I have 16g of ram and 6g vram, am curious to know your experience so far…

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  1. 2026-10-13 16:56 · r/LocalLLM
    Is local llm for coding 12b and less any good now ?

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