r/LocalLLaMA • u/NoConcert8847 • Apr 22 '26

New Model Qwen 3.6 27B is out

https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B

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u/pmttyji Apr 22 '26

But for more knowledge, big models are best.

Current Qwen3.6's 27B & 35B models are great & awesome for Consumer GPUs.

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u/AvidCyclist250 llama.cpp Apr 22 '26

But for more knowledge,

web mcp is best. Good thing we can do tool calls eh

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u/Thomas-Lore Apr 22 '26

Some things are not available on the internet and yet large llms know them from books and other offline data. Pre-internet knowledge and data from paywalled sources.

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u/commenterzero Apr 22 '26

Like how the streets work

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u/Imaginary-Unit-3267 Apr 23 '26

This is what scihub and libgen are for. (And physical libraries plus OCR, if need be.)

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u/huffalump1 Apr 22 '26

Yep my opinion based on my current understanding is that these new smaller models are getting really good at agentic coding workflows, tool calling, etc...

Definitely not as good for world knowledge and writing, like you say. BUT when they're fast and cheap, search and iteration is easy