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Models2026-08-18 · source-backed
An r/LocalLLaMA thread asking where the promised MoE went turned up a hard artifact: modelscope/ms-swift commit a45f1d4, titled "fix wrong model-ids," removes the Qwen/Qwen3.8-35B-A3B and -FP8 entries from swift/model/models/qwen.py and substitutes the dense 27B. Why it matters for limited VRAM: Artificial Analysis has Qwen3.5-27B at 35, Qwen3.6-27B at 38, Qwen3.8-27B at 52, while the 3.6-generation 35B-A3B scored 32 at roughly 5x inference speed on 3B active params. A 3.8-generation sparse variant near that dense jump would be the best local-agent option of the year. The registry edit is the only concrete evidence and it points the wrong way.
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Ollama supports Qwen / Shared entities / Same source domain / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
Linked by a graph relationship (Ollama supports Qwen); both cover LocalLLaMA, MoE, Qwen, VRAM; reported by the same outlet (reddit.com).
Alibaba released Qwen / Shared entities / Same source domain / Shared topic / Earlier coverage / Tension
Linked by a graph relationship (Alibaba released Qwen); both cover LocalLLaMA, MoE, Qwen, Qwen3; reported by the same outlet (reddit.com).
Ollama supports Qwen / Shared entities / Same source domain / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
Linked by a graph relationship (Ollama supports Qwen); both cover LocalLLaMA, MoE, Qwen, Qwen3; reported by the same outlet (reddit.com).
Alibaba released Qwen / Shared entities / Same source domain / Earlier coverage / Tension
Linked by a graph relationship (Alibaba released Qwen); both cover LocalLLaMA, MoE, Qwen, Qwen3; reported by the same outlet (reddit.com).
Alibaba released Qwen / Shared entities / Same source domain / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
Linked by a graph relationship (Alibaba released Qwen); both cover LocalLLaMA, Qwen, Qwen3, VRAM; reported by the same outlet (reddit.com).
Linked by a graph relationship (Alibaba released Qwen); both cover LocalLLaMA, MoE, Qwen, Qwen3; reported by the same outlet (reddit.com).
Alibaba released Qwen / Shared entities / Shared topic / Earlier coverage / Tension
Linked by a graph relationship (Alibaba released Qwen); both cover Artificial Analysis, Qwen, Qwen3; overlapping topics (analysi, artificial, best, model, qwen).
Ollama supports Qwen / Shared entities / Same source domain / Earlier coverage
Linked by a graph relationship (Ollama supports Qwen); both cover LocalLLaMA, MoE, Qwen3; reported by the same outlet (reddit.com).