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canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/046f1ab8?lang=en"
title: "Meet the Underdog Saluki 27B: A 2-bit Qwen3.8-27B That Beats the Original at Tool Calling"
lang: "en"
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published_at: "2026-10-09T07:23:36.000Z"
category: "Open Source"
topics: ["llm","open-source"]
source_urls: ["https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/10/09/meet-the-underdog-saluki-27b-a-2-bit-qwen3-8-27b-that-beats-the-original-at-tool-calling/"]
summary: "Underdog Saluki 27B is a 7.89 GB, 2-bit GGUF of Qwen3.8-27B under Apache 2.0. It outperforms the 54 GB original at tool calling but performs worse in competition math and reasoning."
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# Meet the Underdog Saluki 27B: A 2\-bit Qwen3\.8\-27B That Beats the Original at Tool Calling

> [Open the canonical story](<https://aidr.today/046f1ab8?lang=en>)

**Published:** 2026-10-09T07:23:36.000Z
**Category:** Open Source
**Topics:** llm, open\-source

## Summary

Underdog Saluki 27B is a 7\.89 GB, 2\-bit GGUF of Qwen3\.8\-27B under Apache 2\.0\. It outperforms the 54 GB original at tool calling but performs worse in competition math and reasoning\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/10/09/meet-the-underdog-saluki-27b-a-2-bit-qwen3-8-27b-that-beats-the-original-at-tool-calling/>)