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Qwen 3.8-27B uncensored variants compared, 'orcarouter' leads

Abliterlitics has released a comparative analysis of eight uncensored variants of the Qwen 3.8-27B model, alongside the base model. The study involved 167 hours of GPU computation and evaluated models on benchmarks, KL divergence, and refusal rates using HarmBench. The 'orcarouter' variant emerged as the top performer with an 82.2% attack success rate, while 'apostate' offered the best value with near-identity capabilities and the lowest KL divergence. Conversely, the 'obliteratus' variant was flagged for avoidance due to significant performance degradation and thinking loops, with the base model showing minimal compliance. AI

IMPACT Provides insights into the performance and safety trade-offs of uncensored LLM variants, guiding users toward more capable or safer options.

RANK_REASON Analysis and comparison of multiple variants of an existing open-source model. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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Qwen 3.8-27B uncensored variants compared, 'orcarouter' leads

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  1. r/LocalLLaMA TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/nathandreamfast ·

    8 uncensored Qwen 3.8 27B variants, one base, 167 GPU hours - Abliterlitics

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>This comparison was requested by a few people, and certainly we were all eager to see the final results. The comparison had taken 11 days and the GPU was crunching numbers for ~167 hours.</p> <p>We've been comparing different abliterated models f…