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ThinkingCap Qwen3.8-27B

ThinkingCap Qwen3.8-27B has 27.321 billion total parameters. The selected Q4_K_M GGUF file is 17.442 GB.

Data snapshot: . 5 published tests in this catalog.

Model file and details

Provider
BottleCap AI
Total parameters
27,320,697,856
Exact file size
17,442,400,352 bytes
Quantization / precision
Q4_K_M
Weight repository
bottlecapai/ThinkingCap-Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF
Original model repository
bottlecapai/ThinkingCap-Qwen3.8-27B
Weight revision
dc3aa8563d5d48d1d83637eb67147e1b52215cf7
Model revision
7891e03dbda2e9b63a5b9610f20e83ea441f8e2c
Runtime notes
Confirm model architecture and quantization support in your runner.
Recorded release date
2026-09-23
Date evidence
Official source and GGUF repositories created 23 September 2026; refreshed after BottleCap AI's pinned 6–7 October revisions added artifact-specific Q4_K_M evaluation and current runtime guidance.

ThinkingCap-Qwen3.8-27B-Q4_K_M.gguf

GGUF file and download on Hugging Face · Original model card

Published benchmark results

These scores were compiled from the linked sources. These published scores were not independently tested here. Different prompts, precision, thinking budgets and tools can change results.

GPQA Diamond

87.1 / 100

Hard science questions. This is a science reasoning test, not an overall intelligence score.

Benchmark efficiency: 4.994 published score points per GB of selected weights. This ratio is not an inference-speed measure; check the test settings to see whether the score covers the selected quantization.

Test settings: Full 198-question GPQA Diamond, four seeds, selected Q4_K_M on llama.cpp bfd73a8 and RTX PRO 6000 Max-Q with eight parallel slots; --jinja, xhigh reasoning, temperature 1.0, top-p 0.95, top-k 20, min-p 0 and a 65,536-token generation cap. Displayed accuracy is the publisher's rounded BF16 reference, 88.0%, plus its reported Q4 delta of -0.9 percentage points.

Publisher-run artifact evaluation, not independent validation; the Q4 and BF16 engines and GPUs differ. The 17,442,400,352-byte language file excludes runtime, KV cache and context memory, and multimodal use adds a separate 931,146,272-byte F16 projector. File size alone does not prove device speed or compatibility. The embedded MTP head needs the publisher's documented current llama.cpp architecture support; older builds can fail to load. PolyForm Small Business 1.0.0 plus BottleCap's personal-use grant applies; organizations outside the small-business terms need a separate commercial license. Sampled decoding is recommended because the publisher warns greedy decoding can loop.

Read the GPQA Diamond source

MMLU-Pro · ThinkingCap 1,500

84.9 / 100

Publisher Q4_K_M evaluation on a fixed 1,500-question MMLU-Pro subset. Kept separate from full-test MMLU-Pro results.

Benchmark efficiency: 4.867 published score points per GB of selected weights. This ratio is not an inference-speed measure; check the test settings to see whether the score covers the selected quantization.

Test settings: Fixed 1,500-question MMLU-Pro subset, one seed, selected Q4_K_M on llama.cpp bfd73a8 and RTX PRO 6000 Max-Q with eight parallel slots; the same sampled xhigh settings and 65,536-token cap as the card's quantization study. Displayed accuracy is the 84.1% rounded BF16 reference plus the reported +0.8-point Q4 delta.

Publisher-run subset result, not the full MMLU-Pro test or independent validation. The card describes the Q4 result as evaluated rather than lossless; engine, GPU, sampling and rounding can affect the comparison.

Read the MMLU-Pro · ThinkingCap 1,500 source

IFBench · ThinkingCap 300 × 2

80.4 / 100

Publisher Q4_K_M evaluation on 300 IFBench prompts over two seeds. The card does not identify this as IFEval prompt-strict, so it remains separate.

Benchmark efficiency: 4.609 published score points per GB of selected weights. This ratio is not an inference-speed measure; check the test settings to see whether the score covers the selected quantization.

Test settings: IFBench on 300 prompts over two seeds, selected Q4_K_M on llama.cpp bfd73a8 and RTX PRO 6000 Max-Q with eight parallel slots; --jinja, xhigh reasoning and the card's sampled decoding settings. Displayed accuracy is the 79.7% rounded BF16 reference plus the reported +0.7-point Q4 delta.

Publisher-run limited sample, not independent validation and not substituted for the catalog's IFEval prompt-strict metric. Engine, GPU, sampling and rounded-reference arithmetic can affect the result.

Read the IFBench · ThinkingCap 300 × 2 source

AA-LCR · ThinkingCap 100

78 / 100

Publisher Q4_K_M evaluation on 100 AA-LCR items, graded by Gemma-4-26B-A4B-it with thinking disabled. Specialist long-context result.

Benchmark efficiency: 4.472 published score points per GB of selected weights. This ratio is not an inference-speed measure; check the test settings to see whether the score covers the selected quantization.

Test settings: AA-LCR on 100 items, one seed, selected Q4_K_M on llama.cpp bfd73a8 and RTX PRO 6000 Max-Q with two parallel slots; graded by Gemma-4-26B-A4B-it with thinking disabled. Displayed accuracy is the 81.0% rounded BF16 reference plus the reported -3.0-point Q4 delta.

Small, publisher-run long-context result with a model judge, not independent validation. Judge choice, parallelism, context and rounded-reference arithmetic materially limit comparison.

Read the AA-LCR · ThinkingCap 100 source

RealWorldQA · ThinkingCap 765 × 2

82.9 / 100

Publisher multimodal Q4_K_M evaluation on 765 RealWorldQA items over two seeds, with the separate F16 vision projector loaded.

Benchmark efficiency: 4.753 published score points per GB of selected weights. This ratio is not an inference-speed measure; check the test settings to see whether the score covers the selected quantization.

Test settings: RealWorldQA on 765 items over two seeds, selected Q4_K_M plus the F16 vision projector on llama.cpp bfd73a8 and RTX PRO 5000 with four parallel slots; --jinja, xhigh reasoning and the card's sampled decoding settings. Displayed accuracy is the 83.1% rounded BF16 reference plus the reported -0.2-point Q4 delta.

Publisher-run multimodal result, not independent validation. The separate 931,146,272-byte projector is required for image input and is intentionally excluded from the ranked language-weight bytes; runtime, context and KV cache require additional memory.

Read the RealWorldQA · ThinkingCap 765 × 2 source

Memory and comparison limits

Context and version evidence: The repository and file name identify the selected model. Revision hashes are shown above when recorded. Tested context length, full hardware configuration and run date are not consistently recorded in this snapshot. Only settings explicitly stated in each benchmark record are known.

The 17.442 GB figure covers model weights in this file. It excludes the context cache, runtime, operating system and any separate multimodal files. It is not a measured RAM requirement or a token-generation speed.

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CPU inference

GMKtec K15 · 32GB

Core Ultra 5 125U, 32GB DDR5-4800 (2 x 16GB), 512GB PCIe 4.0 SSD

$669.99Dated reference · not a live offer

32 GB system RAM · CPU planning

Low-power CPU and shared graphics limit heavy inference.

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Listing and price evidence

Listing evidence: 2026-09-25. Amazon.com base price visible in an owner-supplied screenshot reviewed 25 Sep 2026; capture time not supplied. Dated reference, not a live quote. Excludes card signup offers, coupons, tax and shipping.

Apple unified memory

Apple Mac Studio M5 Max · 36GB

18-core CPU, 32-core GPU, 36GB unified memory, 512GB SSD

$2,499.00Dated reference · not a live offer

36 GB unified memory

Fixed 36GB memory and internal storage; no CUDA support; price is a manufacturer reference rather than a verified Amazon offer.

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Listing and price evidence

Listing evidence: 2026-10-02. Apple US launch price for the base M5 Max Mac Studio, published 22 September 2026: USD 2,499. Dated manufacturer reference, not an Amazon offer; tax and shipping may differ.

AMD unified memory

GMKtec EVO-X2

Ryzen AI Max+ 395, 64GB LPDDR5X-8000, 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD

$2,199.99Dated reference · not a live offer

64 GB unified memory

Memory is soldered and shared with the operating system.

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Listing and price evidence

Listing evidence: 2026-09-24. GMKtec, EVO-X2 / 64GB / 1TB, recorded 22 Sep 2026; exact ASIN capacity identified 24 Sep. This is a dated reference, not a current Amazon price; tax, shipping and bundle contents may differ.

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RAM and VRAM planning for ThinkingCap 27B

Confirm model architecture and quantization support in your runner. The selected weights use 17.442 GB; this excludes context cache, runtime buffers and other programs.

System RAM (CPU inference)
32 GB planning tier · 22.4 GB initial weight budget
Dedicated VRAM
24 GB planning tier · 19.2 GB initial weight budget
Unified memory
32 GB planning tier · 22.4 GB initial weight budget

These are the first listed tiers that pass our reserve policy, not measured minimum requirements. System RAM and VRAM remain separate. Use the memory tool to change the reserve for your context and runner.

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