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Qwen 3.8 27B KV f16 vs q8_0 are not equivalents

Via r/LocalLlama
Thursday, Aug 20, 2026 · 7:01AM
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I'm testing it since release, now with UD 3.0 in my AMD R9700 with ROCm, I always read everywhere that F16 and q8_0 for KV cache are essentially the same... well, I tested it and I can see differences. Some differences are minimal, F16 is more careful and detailed with structured and free output, th

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