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Community tests Qwen 3.8 Flash Next on consumer hardware

Users evaluate Qwen 3.8 Flash Next performance on consumer GPUs and Macs, comparing it to DeepSeek V4 and GLM 5.3. Discussions focus on quantization methods and real-world coding utility.

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Timeline · 8 reports

  1. 2026-10-16 09:08 · r/LocalLLM
    Qwen Flash Next potential SOTA Q2 nobody talks about
  2. 2026-10-16 09:08 · r/LocalLLaMA
    Qwen Flash Next potential SOTA Q2 nobody talks about
  3. 2026-10-15 04:25 · r/LocalLLM
    My 5060ti 16GB setup (Qwen3.8 27b vs Qwen Flash Next)
  4. 2026-10-15 02:58 · r/LocalLLaMA
    Did someone use/try the Qwen flash 3.8 next "coder" model on some work?
  5. 2026-10-14 22:29 · r/LocalLLaMA
    Qwen 3.8 Flash-Next compared to GLM 5.3 Flash
  6. 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
  7. 2026-10-14 20:18 · r/LocalLLaMA
    Qwen 3.8 Flash Next, DeepSeekV4 Flash and Time
  8. 2026-10-14 05:37 · r/LocalLLM
    Qwen 3.8 Flash Next on 24GB + 32GB ram?

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