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Qwen 3.8 Flash Next draws mixed community reviews on writing, coding and speed

Reddit users report varied results with Qwen 3.8 Flash Next: slow creative writing, decent but not top-tier three.js generation, and comparisons with Qwen 3.8 27B for coding, plus a bit-exact 22 tok/s setup on an RTX 3060.

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Timeline · 6 reports

  1. 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!
  2. 2026-10-30 08:57 · r/huggingface
    Qwen 3.8 Flash Next 'Flare' images for 1M context
  3. 2026-10-30 08:31 · r/LocalLLM
    Qwen 3.8 Flash Next nvfp4 or qwen 3.8 27b iq3_xss for coding?
  4. 2026-10-30 00:19 · r/LocalLLaMA
    Benchmark: Tiny Harbor, a living 3D island village in three.js (Qwen 3.8 Flash Next)
  5. 2026-10-29 07:06 · r/LocalLLaMA
    Qwen 3.8 Flash Next Creative Writing Ability
  6. 2026-10-28 16:57 · r/ArtificialInteligence
    Qwen Flash Next writing a SciFi story...

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