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Qwen3.8-27B Q4_K_M with 45.3% lower KLD

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I have been experimenting with different ways to quantize Qwen3.8-27B. For the fraQtl version, I used a more linear-algebra-driven calibration process and compared it with Q4_K_M builds from Unsloth and ggml-org at the same size. The normal benchmarks made all three look basically identical: GSM8K…

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  1. 2026-08-21 18:10 · r/LocalLLM
    Qwen3.8-27B Q4_K_M with 45.3% lower KLD

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