Weekly archive

New local AI models, Aug 17–23, 2026

4 open models released Aug 17–23, 2026, with how each runs on five reference devices.

  1. Ornith 1.5 397B-A17B

    DeepReinforce · LLM · 403B (17.0B active) ·

    91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 95/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.

    Runs on

    Memory, every quant and how to run it Check your own device

  2. Ornith 1.5 35B-A3B

    DeepReinforce · LLM · 36B (3.0B active) ·

    90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 86/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.

    Runs on

    Memory, every quant and how to run it Check your own device

  3. Apodex 1.1 Mini (35B-A3B)

    Apodex · LLM · 36B (3.0B active) ·

    89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 86/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.

    Runs on

    Memory, every quant and how to run it Check your own device

  4. Ornith 1.5 9B

    DeepReinforce · LLM · 9.7B ·

    77Great quality (A) · 77 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 77/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.

    Runs on

    Memory, every quant and how to run it Check your own device

Estimates come from published hardware specs and our open formulas, not from running the model on your machine. Real speed varies with runtime, drivers and settings. Numbers marked “Measured” come from a linked benchmark.

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