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Community debates Qwen Flash Next performance and quantization options

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Users report mixed results for Qwen Flash Next, citing issues with Strata quantizations and hardware constraints. Discussions focus on its coding capabilities compared to Qwen 3.8 27B and Anthropic models.

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  1. 2026-10-17 02:54 · r/LocalLLaMA
    As we know, currently Qwen-flash-next is the local king, but is it better than opus 4.6 max in coding?
  2. 2026-10-17 01:44 · r/LocalLLM
    6900xt and 32gb ram Qwen 3.8 Flash Next (STRATA) 40+ tk/s
  3. 2026-10-17 01:03 · r/LocalLLM
    $400 PC - Qwen 3.8 Flash Next IQ3 at 20 tok/s
  4. 2026-10-16 22:48 · r/LocalLLaMA
    I don't get the qwen 3.8 flash next hype
  5. 2026-10-16 09:08 · r/LocalLLM
    Qwen Flash Next potential SOTA Q2 nobody talks about
  6. 2026-10-16 09:08 · r/LocalLLaMA
    Qwen Flash Next potential SOTA Q2 nobody talks about
  7. 2026-10-15 04:25 · r/LocalLLM
    My 5060ti 16GB setup (Qwen3.8 27b vs Qwen Flash Next)
  8. 2026-10-15 02:58 · r/LocalLLaMA
    Did someone use/try the Qwen flash 3.8 next "coder" model on some work?
  9. 2026-10-14 22:29 · r/LocalLLaMA
    Qwen 3.8 Flash-Next compared to GLM 5.3 Flash
  10. 2026-10-14 21:44 · r/LocalLLaMA
    176 t/s decode and 6,450 t/s prefill with Q4 Qwen-3.8 Flash-Next on 2xR9700 + 64GB DDR5 using Deadcode's Radiance engine
  11. 2026-10-14 20:18 · r/LocalLLaMA
    Qwen 3.8 Flash Next, DeepSeekV4 Flash and Time
  12. 2026-10-14 05:37 · r/LocalLLM
    Qwen 3.8 Flash Next on 24GB + 32GB ram?

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