# Models with high and/or controllable reasoning effort

**URL:** <https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/models-with-high-and-or-controllable-reasoning-effort/171157>\
**Category:** Models\
**Created:** [December 4, 2025, 6:15pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/models-with-high-and-or-controllable-reasoning-effort/171157 "2025-12-04T18:15:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kaipirinha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b2d939/32.png) [@Kaipirinha](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/Kaipirinha)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2025, 6:15pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/models-with-high-and-or-controllable-reasoning-effort/171157/1 "2025-12-04T18:15:31Z")

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I have used Open AI’s gpt-oss-20b Model. In LMStudio, it is very easy to change the reasoning effort between Low, Medium and High, it is right there in the GUI. With reasoning effort set to I high, I think it delivers very good results and is still fast because it fits into 16Gbyte VRAM. I thing, I have used larger models that take longer, with less satisfactory results. I wish, I could just tell other models to think for shorter or longer periods of time, depending on the task.  
Are there other models that support this feature?

I use AI for creative writing, mostly, at the moment. Last one I have tried is Qwq 32B Q6\_K and I think it makes stupid mistakes in logic and continuity in creative writing.

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**Author:** ![John6666](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/user_avatar/discuss.huggingface.co/john6666/32/27664_2.png) [@John6666](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/John6666)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2025, 8:17pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/models-with-high-and-or-controllable-reasoning-effort/171157/2 "2025-12-04T20:17:38Z")

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LM Studio’s reasoning effort feature appears to simply wrap the system prompt passed to the model, [so in that sense, there are several other models capable of similar switching](https://huggingface.co/datasets/John6666/forum3/blob/main/creative_writing_reasoning_switch_llm_1.md).

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**Author:** ![Kaipirinha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b2d939/32.png) [@Kaipirinha](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/Kaipirinha)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2025, 8:21am UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/models-with-high-and-or-controllable-reasoning-effort/171157/3 "2025-12-05T08:21:14Z")

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Wow, thanks a lot! I will need some time to understand all this, as I am quite new to the entire thing. But I really appreciate the effort!