Qwen3.5 122B and 35B models offer Sonnet 4.5 performance on local computers

Re:Qwen3.5 122B and 35B models offer Sonnet 4.5 performance ... by delaminator on Saturday February 28, 2026 @06:32PM (#47201686)

Looks at the headline: Qwen3.5 122B and 35B models offer Sonnet 4.5 performance on local computers

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Re:Qwen3.5 122B and 35B models offer Sonnet 4.5 performance ... by lm28469 on Saturday February 28, 2026 @06:40PM (#47201763)

Yes and Devstral 2 24b q4 is supposed to be 90% as good but it can't even reliably write to a file on my machine.

There are the benchmarks, the promises, and what everybody can try at home

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Re:Qwen3.5 122B and 35B models offer Sonnet 4.5 performance ... by 8note on Saturday February 28, 2026 @06:59PM (#47201950)

maybe a harness problem?

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Re:Qwen3.5 122B and 35B models offer Sonnet 4.5 performance ... by SyneRyder on Sunday March 01, 2026 @10:20AM (#47207497)

Having tried the Mistral Vibe harness that was supposedly designed for Devstral, that thing is abysmal. I feel sorry for whatever they did to that model, it didn't deserve it.

The thing I most noticed was asking it for help with configuring local MCP servers in Mistral Vibe - something it supports, it literally shows how many MCP servers are connected on the startup screen - it then begins scanning my local machine for servers running "MineCraft Protocol".

I want Mistral to do well, and I use their Voxtral Transcribe 2, that one has been useful. I'd even like a well made Mistral Vibe (c'mon, "oui oui baguette" is a hilarious replacement for "thinking"). But Mistral are so far behind, and they don't seem to even know or accept that they are.

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