Community tests Qwen 3.8 Flash Next on consumer hardware
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Users report running the 125B MoE model on mid-tier GPUs and Mac Studios, achieving high inference speeds and debating its utility against DeepSeek V4 and GLM 5.3.
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Timeline · 10 reports
- 2026-10-16 09:08 · r/LocalLLaMA
Qwen Flash Next potential SOTA Q2 nobody talks about - 2026-10-15 04:25 · r/LocalLLM
My 5060ti 16GB setup (Qwen3.8 27b vs Qwen Flash Next) - 2026-10-15 02:58 · r/LocalLLaMA
Did someone use/try the Qwen flash 3.8 next "coder" model on some work? - 2026-10-14 22:29 · r/LocalLLaMA
Qwen 3.8 Flash-Next compared to GLM 5.3 Flash - 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 - 2026-10-14 20:18 · r/LocalLLaMA
Qwen 3.8 Flash Next, DeepSeekV4 Flash and Time - 2026-10-14 05:37 · r/LocalLLM
Qwen 3.8 Flash Next on 24GB + 32GB ram? - 2026-10-13 20:58 · r/LocalLLM
Qwen 3.8 flash next - 12vram+32gb ram - 2026-10-13 14:08 · r/LocalLLaMA
Basalt: Fast Blackwell inference engine for Qwen 3.8 Flash Next (and how we got vision for free) - 2026-10-13 13:06 · r/LocalLLM
GLM 5.3 flash vs Qwen Flash Next?