10B Params Beats 80B? The Truth Behind Boogu-Image Is More Complex

In June 2026, a new open-source model called Boogu-Image-0.1 appeared on HuggingFace. With 10B parameters, it outperformed 80B-parameter large models in multiple visual understanding benchmarks, with the lead reaching over 12%. As soon as the news broke, downloads for the model surpassed 10,000 that same day, and developer groups were buzzing.