q3 is surprisingly really good.

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by jjsleo - opened

I've been using it for a lot of research and, you know, other projects and stuff like that, and it's actually been pretty good. It does do a lot of thinking, but that's what makes this model, I guess, so good is the thinking. It's faster with no MTP on two RTX 3080 20gb cards. I get about 1300 prompt processing and about 25 to 30 token generation. With MTP, it's more consistent at 30 to 35 token generation, but at the same time, I'm getting 800 prompt processing. So MTP not really worth it.

Also, no refusals, which is nice to be able to work on content creation in certain niches and stuff like that.

I feel exactly the same. This IQ3-XXS model is the best one I have ever tested on my 16GB single GPU in terms of both size and quality.
I also specifically recommended it in my video, and it's totally worth your time to use.

Hey is it worth using the Q3_K_XL at q4 kv cache or the iq3_xs at q8 kv cache? I keep reading comments about kv cache affecting qwen 3.8 alot yet they state the benchnarks with q4 kv cache which is interesting

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