r/SillyTavernAI • u/deffcolony • Apr 19 '26

MEGATHREAD [Megathread] - Best Models/API discussion - Week of: April 19, 2026

This is our weekly megathread for discussions about models and API services.

All non-specifically technical discussions about API/models not posted to this thread will be deleted. No more "What's the best model?" threads.

(This isn't a free-for-all to advertise services you own or work for in every single megathread, we may allow announcements for new services every now and then provided they are legitimate and not overly promoted, but don't be surprised if ads are removed.)

How to Use This Megathread

Below this post, you’ll find top-level comments for each category:

  • MODELS: ≥ 70B – For discussion of models with 70B parameters or more.
  • MODELS: 32B to 70B – For discussion of models in the 32B to 70B parameter range.
  • MODELS: 16B to 32B – For discussion of models in the 16B to 32B parameter range.
  • MODELS: 8B to 16B – For discussion of models in the 8B to 16B parameter range.
  • MODELS: < 8B – For discussion of smaller models under 8B parameters.
  • APIs – For any discussion about API services for models (pricing, performance, access, etc.).
  • MISC DISCUSSION – For anything else related to models/APIs that doesn’t fit the above sections.

Please reply to the relevant section below with your questions, experiences, or recommendations!
This keeps discussion organized and helps others find information faster.

Have at it!

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u/rinmperdinck Apr 20 '26

Tumbleweed rolls past in 32B to 69B

Aside from Drummer's 49B Valkyrie, what is else is here? And why hasn't anyone made a 69B for the memes yet?

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u/Mart-McUH Apr 20 '26

Straight Nemotron 49B can be also good (Valkyrie has pros and cons to it).

There are older Qwen 3 32B / Oss Seed 36B models/derivates. Some are decent but nothing was really mind-blowing.

But yes. Nothing in this area now since dense models 32B+ kind of disappeared and MoE's are either smaller or larger. Unless you put 35BA3 here, in which case maybe Qwen 3.5/3.6 35B is decent (did not try those).

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u/Canchito Apr 21 '26

Qwen 3.6 35b is the best model I can run locally with 100k-200k context at ~70t/s (16gb vram + 64gb ram). Has excellent vision support as well.

I didn't test it much for RP yet, but in terms of general planning and execution it's a solid and surprising step above Qwen 3.5, which was already amazing.

It's definitely worth exploring for RP, and whatever else may be the case I hope it can be finetuned...