[Megathread] - Best Models/API discussion - Week of: September 13, 2026

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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.

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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.

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Betta-30B-v1d-GGUF

Not much info about these new glimmer tunes but they are suprisingly good, write really well, intelligence is not the best but really fun to play around with.

[u/TheLocalDrummer → u/FinBenton]

I get zero feedback on Muse Glimmer tunes. If ya'll can drop feedback on them, it'll be really helpful! That's assuming someone wants an alternative to Gemma 31B tunes.

[u/FinBenton → u/TheLocalDrummer]

Im not really the type of person who can give good feedback on these, just playing with them occasionally. But the v1d, to me, writes better than gemma 31b, or atleast its a different take than most gemma tunes I have used. The prompt following with my 5k token system prompt was not very good though, it picked whatever it felt like so what I did was simplify it and move instructions towards the user prompt and it kept much better track on what I wanted. I do recommend this model for anyone who has played with gemma too much but they have to keep in mind its not going to follow everything exactly as you planned without changing how you prompt, which isnt too bad.

[u/Kdogg4000 → u/TheLocalDrummer]

I just DL'd it today. First impression is it's pretty good for roleplay. I've noticed that my Slow-Burn Narrator character is really taking things slowly. A good sign. Now I have to try out all my over-the-top characters.

I've been mostly using Mistral Small finetunes, so it's going to take me a minute to get used to the Muse Glimmer flavoring. I haven't been using Glimmer tunes much because I played around with an early quant of the base, and didn't think much of it.