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Dots3 Note
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OPEN WEIGHTSLOCALCODING HELPRESEARCH HELPERLONG DOCUMENTS
RANKED #8 OF 241 ASSISTANTS · OVERALL #11 OF 6,436 · VIBE SCORE 7.4 · 2,617 VOICES
A reliable AI assistant designed to help with research, coding, and reading long documents.
HAPPY10.0
266 mentions
SAD5.0
2 mentions
VIBE TRAJECTORY
26 weeks · 2,788 voices
HOLDING UP
Recent vibe is steady. No clear fade in the crowd.
HOW TO USE IT
Open weights. You can use a hosted service, or download it and run it yourself, free.
RUN IT ON YOUR OWN MACHINE
Open weights: download Dots3 Note once and it's yours. No subscription, no rate limits, works offline.
280B parameters (16B active), a Q4 file is about 150 GB
- BARE MINIMUM
Mac Studio M2 Ultra (192GB)
192 GB UNIFIED MEMORY
~$4,800 USEDQ4 quant, ~10 tok/s, 32k context
- SWEET SPOT
8x RTX 3090 (24GB) multi-GPU rig
192 GB VRAM
~$7,400 USEDQ4 or Q5 quant, ~25 tok/s, 64k context
- FULL POWER
16x RTX 3090 (24GB) multi-node cluster
384 GB VRAM
~$15,300 USEDFP8 precision, ~30 tok/s, 128k context
LEARN HOW TO SET IT UP
WILL MY BOX RUN DOTS3 NOTE?
The three cards above are researched picks. Search the machine you actually have — we only say yes if it should reply at a usable speed, not just load the weights and crawl.
HARDWARE PICKS & PRICES ARE RESEARCHED FROM THE LIVE WEB AND REFRESHED AUTOMATICALLY. TREAT THEM AS BALLPARK, NOT GOSPEL.
WHAT CAN YOU ACTUALLY DO WITH IT?
Everyday jobs on each of those rigs: how long Dots3 Note takes, and how good the crowd says it is at that kind of work.
| THE JOB | BARE MINIMUMMac Studio M2 Ultra (192GB) | SWEET SPOT8x RTX 3090 (24GB) multi-GPU rig | FULL POWER16x RTX 3090 (24GB) multi-node cluster |
|---|---|---|---|
| Write an emaila paragraph or two, drafted from a one-line brief | ~50 S★★★★★ | ~20 S★★★★★ | ~17 S★★★★★ |
| Summarize a documenta long report boiled down to the points that matter | ~2.5 MIN★★★★★ | ~60 S★★★★★ | ~50 S★★★★★ |
| Build a websitea small landing page, markup and styles together | ~13 MIN★★★★★ | ~5.3 MIN★★★★★ | ~4.4 MIN★★★★★ |
| Build a backendan API with routes, storage and tests | ~42 MIN★★★★★ | ~17 MIN★★★★★ | ~14 MIN★★★★★ |
| Build a gamea playable browser game in one file | ~25 MIN★★★★★ | ~10 MIN★★★★★ | ~8.3 MIN★★★★★ |
STARS ARE THE COMMUNITY SCORE FOR THAT KIND OF WORK, DOCKED FOR HOW SQUASHED THE WEIGHTS GET AT EACH TIER. TIMES ARE COMPUTED FROM RESEARCHED SPEEDS. BALLPARK, NOT GOSPEL.
WHAT THE INTERNET SAYS
Community members appreciate Dots3 Note for its stability and generally accurate answers, especially for programming tasks. However, some users find its coding assistance lacking or report that it occasionally refuses to discuss certain topics.
420 POSTS · 2197 COMMENTS · BLUESKY · X · GITHUB · HACKER NEWS · REDDIT · BLOG · DEV.TO
PEOPLE LOVE
- Popular for coding help (7 mentions)
- Usually gives correct answers (3 mentions)
- Stable and dependable (2 mentions)
PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT
- Refuses or lectures more than people like (9 mentions)
TOPIC BY TOPIC
- Help with codeMOSTLY POSITIVE
7 thumbs up · 3 thumbs down
- Saying no too muchA SORE SPOT
0 thumbs up · 9 thumbs down
- Getting facts rightPEOPLE LOVE THIS
3 thumbs up · 1 thumbs down
- Working when you need itMOSTLY POSITIVE
2 thumbs up · 1 thumbs down
IN THEIR OWN WORDS
- FROM X >
“@nicelpl @ghlayza @XcalyburAI @opencode Dots3-Note refuses to discuss this topic, while Ox Alpha speaks about it witho.”
LOOKING FOR AN ALTERNATIVE?
Checked picks first: tags say why you would switch, stars say how fully each one stands in for Dots3 Note.
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Qwen3.8 27B> SOURCES (12)
- REDDIT · 2026-08-14 · 501 UPVOTESQwen 3.8 27b is here
Qwen 3.8 27b is here
- X · 2026-08-23 · 322 UPVOTESAI agents need to do more than answer questions. They need to reason, learn, remember, use tools, and keep going when a
AI agents need to do more than answer questions. They need to reason, learn, remember, use tools, and keep going when a
- X · 2026-08-16 · 316 UPVOTESWe're finally moving past models that just answer questions to agents that can plan a trip, handle sudden cancellations,
We're finally moving past models that just answer questions to agents that can plan a trip, handle sudden cancellations,
- X · 2026-08-16 · 314 UPVOTESWe expect AI to plan trips or handle complex workflows. But the best frontier models fail miserably when things change m
We expect AI to plan trips or handle complex workflows. But the best frontier models fail miserably when things change m
- X · 2026-08-19 · 303 UPVOTESA trip ending doesn’t mean the agent’s job is over. The travelers are home, but there are still 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐨
A trip ending doesn’t mean the agent’s job is over. The travelers are home, but there are still 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐨
- X · 2026-08-17 · 287 UPVOTES1/ Meet dots3-note preview — an open-weight multimodal model built for long-horizon agency in real life. 🌍 → 280B total
1/ Meet dots3-note preview — an open-weight multimodal model built for long-horizon agency in real life. 🌍 → 280B total
- X · 2026-08-18 · 279 UPVOTESdots3-note preview just dropped. Open weight. 280B total, 16B active. 512K context. Text, vision, and audio together. Bu
dots3-note preview just dropped. Open weight. 280B total, 16B active. 512K context. Text, vision, and audio together. Bu
- X · 2026-08-15 · 238 UPVOTESEvery standard benchmark assumes users state intents clearly and the world holds still. The reality is much messier. dot
Every standard benchmark assumes users state intents clearly and the world holds still. The reality is much messier. dot
- X · 2026-08-15 · 234 UPVOTESWe are finally moving past short-term parlor tricks. dots3-note preview combining 16B active parameters with TEMPO means
We are finally moving past short-term parlor tricks. dots3-note preview combining 16B active parameters with TEMPO means
- X · 2026-08-15 · 233 UPVOTES1. Models need to learn after training ends. 2. Real life doesn't have an auto-grader. dots3-note is designed to tackle
1. Models need to learn after training ends. 2. Real life doesn't have an auto-grader. dots3-note is designed to tackle
- X · 2026-08-16 · 232 UPVOTESReal life doesn't happen in single prompts. It's messy, constraints change, and tasks take weeks. dots3-note is tackling
Real life doesn't happen in single prompts. It's messy, constraints change, and tasks take weeks. dots3-note is tackling
- X · 2026-08-15 · 231 UPVOTESA lifelong personal agent needs to know what to remember and what to forget. Through test-time learning, dots3-note expl
A lifelong personal agent needs to know what to remember and what to forget. Through test-time learning, dots3-note expl