README.md

---
base_model: DavidAU/Qwen3-42B-A3B-Stranger-Thoughts-Deep20X
language:
- en
- fr
- zh
- de
library_name: transformers
license: apache-2.0
quantized_by: mradermacher
tags:
- creative
- creative writing
- fiction writing
- plot generation
- sub-plot generation
- fiction writing
- story generation
- scene continue
- storytelling
- fiction story
- science fiction
- romance
- all genres
- story
- writing
- vivid prose
- vivid writing
- moe
- mixture of experts
- 128 experts
- 8 active experts
- fiction
- roleplaying
- bfloat16
- rp
- qwen3
- horror
- finetune
- thinking
- reasoning
- qwen3_moe
---
## About

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weighted/imatrix quants of https://huggingface.co/DavidAU/Qwen3-42B-A3B-Stranger-Thoughts-Deep20X

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static quants are available at https://huggingface.co/mradermacher/Qwen3-42B-A3B-Stranger-Thoughts-Deep20X-GGUF
## Usage

If you are unsure how to use GGUF files, refer to one of [TheBloke's
READMEs](https://huggingface.co/TheBloke/KafkaLM-70B-German-V0.1-GGUF) for
more details, including on how to concatenate multi-part files.

## Provided Quants

(sorted by size, not necessarily quality. IQ-quants are often preferable over similar sized non-IQ quants)

| Link | Type | Size/GB | Notes |
|:-----|:-----|--------:|:------|
| [GGUF](https://huggingface.co/mradermacher/Qwen3-42B-A3B-Stranger-Thoughts-Deep20X-i1-GGUF/resolve/main/Qwen3-42B-A3B-Stranger-Thoughts-Deep20X.i1-IQ2_M.gguf) | i1-IQ2_M | 14.1 |  |
| [GGUF](https://huggingface.co/mradermacher/Qwen3-42B-A3B-Stranger-Thoughts-Deep20X-i1-GGUF/resolve/main/Qwen3-42B-A3B-Stranger-Thoughts-Deep20X.i1-Q2_K_S.gguf) | i1-Q2_K_S | 14.6 | very low quality |
| [GGUF](https://huggingface.co/mradermacher/Qwen3-42B-A3B-Stranger-Thoughts-Deep20X-i1-GGUF/resolve/main/Qwen3-42B-A3B-Stranger-Thoughts-Deep20X.i1-Q2_K.gguf) | i1-Q2_K | 15.7 | IQ3_XXS probably better |
| [GGUF](https://huggingface.co/mradermacher/Qwen3-42B-A3B-Stranger-Thoughts-Deep20X-i1-GGUF/resolve/main/Qwen3-42B-A3B-Stranger-Thoughts-Deep20X.i1-IQ3_XXS.gguf) | i1-IQ3_XXS | 16.5 | lower quality |
| [GGUF](https://huggingface.co/mradermacher/Qwen3-42B-A3B-Stranger-Thoughts-Deep20X-i1-GGUF/resolve/main/Qwen3-42B-A3B-Stranger-Thoughts-Deep20X.i1-IQ3_XS.gguf) | i1-IQ3_XS | 17.5 |  |
| [GGUF](https://huggingface.co/mradermacher/Qwen3-42B-A3B-Stranger-Thoughts-Deep20X-i1-GGUF/resolve/main/Qwen3-42B-A3B-Stranger-Thoughts-Deep20X.i1-Q3_K_S.gguf) | i1-Q3_K_S | 18.5 | IQ3_XS probably better |
| [GGUF](https://huggingface.co/mradermacher/Qwen3-42B-A3B-Stranger-Thoughts-Deep20X-i1-GGUF/resolve/main/Qwen3-42B-A3B-Stranger-Thoughts-Deep20X.i1-IQ3_S.gguf) | i1-IQ3_S | 18.5 | beats Q3_K* |
| [GGUF](https://huggingface.co/mradermacher/Qwen3-42B-A3B-Stranger-Thoughts-Deep20X-i1-GGUF/resolve/main/Qwen3-42B-A3B-Stranger-Thoughts-Deep20X.i1-IQ3_M.gguf) | i1-IQ3_M | 18.8 |  |
| [GGUF](https://huggingface.co/mradermacher/Qwen3-42B-A3B-Stranger-Thoughts-Deep20X-i1-GGUF/resolve/main/Qwen3-42B-A3B-Stranger-Thoughts-Deep20X.i1-Q3_K_M.gguf) | i1-Q3_K_M | 20.5 | IQ3_S probably better |
| [GGUF](https://huggingface.co/mradermacher/Qwen3-42B-A3B-Stranger-Thoughts-Deep20X-i1-GGUF/resolve/main/Qwen3-42B-A3B-Stranger-Thoughts-Deep20X.i1-Q3_K_L.gguf) | i1-Q3_K_L | 22.1 | IQ3_M probably better |
| [GGUF](https://huggingface.co/mradermacher/Qwen3-42B-A3B-Stranger-Thoughts-Deep20X-i1-GGUF/resolve/main/Qwen3-42B-A3B-Stranger-Thoughts-Deep20X.i1-IQ4_XS.gguf) | i1-IQ4_XS | 22.8 |  |
| [GGUF](https://huggingface.co/mradermacher/Qwen3-42B-A3B-Stranger-Thoughts-Deep20X-i1-GGUF/resolve/main/Qwen3-42B-A3B-Stranger-Thoughts-Deep20X.i1-Q4_0.gguf) | i1-Q4_0 | 24.2 | fast, low quality |
| [GGUF](https://huggingface.co/mradermacher/Qwen3-42B-A3B-Stranger-Thoughts-Deep20X-i1-GGUF/resolve/main/Qwen3-42B-A3B-Stranger-Thoughts-Deep20X.i1-Q4_K_S.gguf) | i1-Q4_K_S | 24.3 | optimal size/speed/quality |
| [GGUF](https://huggingface.co/mradermacher/Qwen3-42B-A3B-Stranger-Thoughts-Deep20X-i1-GGUF/resolve/main/Qwen3-42B-A3B-Stranger-Thoughts-Deep20X.i1-Q4_K_M.gguf) | i1-Q4_K_M | 25.8 | fast, recommended |
| [GGUF](https://huggingface.co/mradermacher/Qwen3-42B-A3B-Stranger-Thoughts-Deep20X-i1-GGUF/resolve/main/Qwen3-42B-A3B-Stranger-Thoughts-Deep20X.i1-Q4_1.gguf) | i1-Q4_1 | 26.7 |  |
| [GGUF](https://huggingface.co/mradermacher/Qwen3-42B-A3B-Stranger-Thoughts-Deep20X-i1-GGUF/resolve/main/Qwen3-42B-A3B-Stranger-Thoughts-Deep20X.i1-Q5_K_S.gguf) | i1-Q5_K_S | 29.3 |  |
| [GGUF](https://huggingface.co/mradermacher/Qwen3-42B-A3B-Stranger-Thoughts-Deep20X-i1-GGUF/resolve/main/Qwen3-42B-A3B-Stranger-Thoughts-Deep20X.i1-Q5_K_M.gguf) | i1-Q5_K_M | 30.2 |  |
| [GGUF](https://huggingface.co/mradermacher/Qwen3-42B-A3B-Stranger-Thoughts-Deep20X-i1-GGUF/resolve/main/Qwen3-42B-A3B-Stranger-Thoughts-Deep20X.i1-Q6_K.gguf) | i1-Q6_K | 34.9 | practically like static Q6_K |

Here is a handy graph by ikawrakow comparing some lower-quality quant
types (lower is better):

![image.png](https://www.nethype.de/huggingface_embed/quantpplgraph.png)

And here are Artefact2's thoughts on the matter:
https://gist.github.com/Artefact2/b5f810600771265fc1e39442288e8ec9

## FAQ / Model Request

See https://huggingface.co/mradermacher/model_requests for some answers to
questions you might have and/or if you want some other model quantized.

## Thanks

I thank my company, [nethype GmbH](https://www.nethype.de/), for letting
me use its servers and providing upgrades to my workstation to enable
this work in my free time. Additional thanks to [@nicoboss](https://huggingface.co/nicoboss) for giving me access to his private supercomputer, enabling me to provide many more imatrix quants, at much higher quality, than I would otherwise be able to.

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