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3.8 27B is bench maxed because reasoning is default to xhigh in the chat templat
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14 Aug
3.8 27B is bench maxed because reasoning is default to xhigh in the chat template Jinja file.
OPINION · WHAT · LocalLLaMA
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15 Apr
Been trying to get Qwen 3.5 to stop reasoning using old methods like /no_think, it didn't work, but it said something like "too late" in its reasoning
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><blockquote> <p>Wait, I need to be careful about the "no_think" tag in the system prompt. The system prompt says <code>/no_think</code>.
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31 Jul
What’s real value of high reasoning?
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Guys just I have simple question as I have seen majority of models does well with medium reasoning. Qwen 36 3.5 pull even well with no reasoning
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