
Noteworthy Models 2025 (22B-32B)
Interesting models released in 2025. Tested for overall response quality, ad-hoc function calling, summary, menu navigation and creative writing.
Text Generation • Updated • 973k • • 1.14kNote It takes a lot for a model to impress me nowadays, but this is leaps and bounds better than any other model I ever ran. However, it's definitely useless for RP and of little use for any kind of creative writing.
mistralai/Mistral-Small-24B-Instruct-2501
Text Generation • Updated • 729k • • 804Note Great open source 24B model from Mistral. Passed most of my tests. Obedient, very good at abiding by the system prompt. But, a lot worse at creative writing than 22B, it suffers from the same repetitiveness as other Mistral models. It's more a task oriented LLM than a generalist one.
DavidAU/L3-Grand-Story-Darkness-MOE-4X8-24.9B-e32-GGUF
Text Generation • Updated • 6.86k • 12Note I don't normally look at 'mixture of experts' models, but that might have been a mistake. This one is really impressive. It's good both in creative writing and assistant roles. It's very good at handling complex prompts, and its writing style is surprisingly natural.