OpenPangu-2.0-Flash draws LocalLLaMA interest with 92B total, 6B active MoE

Huawei’s OpenPangu-2.0-Flash drew attention in LocalLLaMA because of its shape: 92B total parameters, 6B active, and a 512K context claim. The post says the Flash release includes weights, inference code, and training operations, while a larger OpenPangu-2.0-Pro model is planned with 505B total and 18B active parameters.

The active-parameter count is the detail that matters. A mixture-of-experts model can advertise a large total size while activating only part of the network for each token. That makes a 92B model look less like a pure datacenter object and more like something local users may be able to experiment with through offload and quantization.

The Reddit discussion treated that distinction carefully. Some commenters welcomed it as an “upper local” model, noting that 6B active is workable for MoE offload. Others pushed back on vague comparisons such as being “above Gemma 4,” asking which model and configuration were actually being compared.

The broader signal is that open model competition is becoming denser. Alongside Qwen, DeepSeek, Zhipu, and other Chinese model families, Pangu is now part of the local-model conversation. For this community, publication is only the first step. Practical adoption depends on clean weights, inference support, quantized builds, and whether tools such as llama.cpp can make the model boring to run.