@TheAhmadOsman: 3B model with Opus 4.5 performance VibeThinker 3B (based on Qwen 2.5)
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Ahmad Osman announces VibeThinker 3B, a 3-billion-parameter model based on Qwen 2.5 that claims performance comparable to Claude Opus 4.5, predicting local deployment on consumer hardware.
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3B model with Opus 4.5 performance
VibeThinker 3B (based on Qwen 2.5) https://t.co/pQIr2bC8IR
Ahmad (@TheAhmadOsman): Prediction
We will have Claude Code + Opus 4.5 quality (not nerfed) models running locally at home on a single RTX PRO 6000 before the end of the year
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