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Best 9b Models in 2026 (Updated Weekly)

As of 2026-W40, the best 9b model is Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct (Intelligence 7.3).

#	Model	Params	Intelligence	Coding	Downloads 30d
1	Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct	8.8B	7.3	—	17.08M
2	Apertus v1.5 8B	8.9B	—	—	0.49M
3	K2 Horizon 7B	9.0B	—	—	0.02M

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