[r/LocalLLaMA] Qwen3-code-next at Q1 is beating Qwen3.5-35B-A3b at tool calling in my tests

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A user on r/LocalLLaMA reported surprising benchmark results, finding that the older Qwen3-code-next model is outperforming the newer Qwen3.5-35B-A3b in tool calling. This was observed using the Continue extension in VS Code, with the older model succeeding despite more aggressive quantization. The finding challenges the assumption that newer models are always superior, especially for specific tasks.

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