24GB VRAM users, have you tried Qwen3.5-9B-UD-Q8_K_XL?

I am somewhat convinced by my own testing, that for non-coding, the 9B at UD-Q8_K-XL variant is better than the 27B Q4_K_XL & Q5_K_XL. To me, it felt like going to the highest quant really showed itself with good quality results and faster. Not only that, I am able to pair Qwen3-TTS with it and use a custom voice (I am using Scarlett Johansson's voice). Once the first prompt is loaded and voice is called, it is really fast. I was testing with the same context size for 27 and 9B.