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In this study, we simulate 30000 years of solar activity using turbulent-alpha (TA) and Babcock-Leighton (BL) mechanisms in a non-kinematic nonlinear mean field flux-transport solar dynamo model. We evaluate their performances against observational data from proxies, like 14C, and direct solar observations. The TA and BL dynamos generate Schwabe-like variations, with the TA dynamo also generating periods related to the QBOs and the Gleissberg cycle. The TA dynamo spends 13.3% (12.2%) of its time in a grand minimum (maximum) state, closely match the historical solar activity reconstructions from proxy records, while the BL dynamo underperforms. For the TA dynamo, the Schwabe cycle length variations during grand minima and the latitudinal and radial dependencies of the amplitude of variations both in Schwabe and QBO timescales align well with 14C data and solar observations, whereas the BL dynamo fails to reproduce these features.
