Community tooling pushes Qwen 3.8 Flash Next to usable speeds on consumer hardware
Local AI users report running Qwen 3.8 Flash Next at 22-24 tok/s bit-exact on an RTX 3060 with 16GB RAM via expert-prediction offload, alongside tests of creative writing, 3D generation, and 1M-context images.
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Timeline · 7 reports
- 2026-10-31 18:06 · r/LocalLLaMA
Betelgeuse running Qwen 3.8 Flash Next IQ4_XS at 24 tok/s on 2x8GB DDR4 (14 tok/s on a single 16GB stick) + RTX 3060 12GB — 0 dropped experts, 100% byte-exact - 2026-10-31 12:41 · r/LocalLLM
Betelgeuse: Running Qwen 3.8 Flash Next at 22 tok/s sustained (spiking to 48 tok/s) on an RTX 3060 12GB + 16GB DDR4 RAM 100% bit-exact!Discussion - 2026-10-31 12:20 · r/LocalLLaMA
Betelgeuse: Running Qwen 3.8 Flash Next at 22 tok/s sustained (spiking to 48 tok/s) on an RTX 3060 12GB + 16GB DDR4 RAM 100% bit-exact! - 2026-10-30 08:57 · r/huggingface
Qwen 3.8 Flash Next 'Flare' images for 1M context - 2026-10-30 08:31 · r/LocalLLM
Qwen 3.8 Flash Next nvfp4 or qwen 3.8 27b iq3_xss for coding? - 2026-10-30 00:19 · r/LocalLLaMA
Benchmark: Tiny Harbor, a living 3D island village in three.js (Qwen 3.8 Flash Next) - 2026-10-29 07:06 · r/LocalLLaMA
Qwen 3.8 Flash Next Creative Writing Ability