Meet the Underdog Saluki 27B: A 2-bit Qwen3.8-27B That Beats the Original at Tool Calling

The Underdog Saluki 27B is a new 7.89 GB model released under the Apache 2.0 license, derived from a 2-bit quantization of the Qwen3.8-27B. While this version sacrifices performance in competition math and reasoning, it demonstrates improved capabilities in tool calling compared to the original 54 GB model.