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Open-Source AI Models Compared in New Benchmark Tests

This story is from 2026-08-23. It is preserved in the archive; the latest stories are on the live feed.

New community benchmarks compare Qwen-3.8-27B, Nemotron-3.5-Lightning-30B-A3B, Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B, and Muse-Glimmer-30B, with Ornith performing strongly and TielCoder potentially better at coding.

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  1. 2026-08-24 21:29 · r/LocalLLaMA
    Qwen-3.8-27B, Nemotron-3.5-Lightning-30B-A3B, Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B, Muse-Glimmer-30B oQ8e comparison
  2. 2026-08-24 17:47 · r/LocalLLM
    Little A3B oQ8e comparison - Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-oQ8e-mtp, Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B-oQ8e-mtp, NVIDIA-Nemotron-3.5-Lightning-30B-A3B-mlx-oQ8e
  3. 2026-08-23 23:28 · r/LocalLLM
    Qwen-3.8-27B, Nemotron-3.5-Lightning-30B-A3B, Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B, Muse-Glimmer-30B oQ8e comparison

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