Qwen 3.6 27b is already a viable default. I'm running it on a single 7900 XTX right now for Go development with pi. It's great.
One of the reasons is, with good specs and design, A3B is just so fast. It isn't as smart as the 27B model, but it is close enough it can usually figure it out with the right tools.
Setting the memory to "fast timings" is good for 8-12% more tokens/second if you haven't tried yet. I miss the slightly older days of AMD when powerplay tables were unlocked and we could configure the timings and voltages manually, there's another 30% being left on the table ez