Qwen Guides
3 InsiderLLM guides in Qwen — practical, tested walkthroughs for running AI locally, sorted by most recently updated.
- Qwen 3.7 Open Weights Watch: The June Window Is Closing June 19: Qwen 3.7 open weights overdue. 3.5→3.6 cadence projected June 6-14; we're past. Max May 20 (56.6 AAI), VLA, Plus closed. Bench at drop.
- Is Qwen Going Closed? Open Weights vs Frontier (2026) Qwen split into a closed frontier (Max, Plus, VLA) and an open mid-tier (3.6-27B and 35B-A3B). The 3.7 open weights aren't here yet. The honest read.
- Best 24GB Backend Shootout: ik_llama vs BeeLlama vs llama.cpp ik_llama and BeeLlama both finish in 22-23s on the am17an 9-prompt harness vs mainline llama.cpp's 37s — 1.66x and 1.62x speedups via opposite strategies.