Qwen 3.8 Flash Next gains traction with optimized local inference engines
Developers report successful local deployment of Qwen 3.8 Flash Next using specialized engines like Basalt and Radiance, achieving high speeds on consumer hardware. Community benchmarks compare its performance and conversational style against GLM 5.3 Flash and DeepSeek V4.
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Timeline · 11 reports
- 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? - 2026-10-13 09:57 · r/LocalLLaMA
Based on advice from LocalLLama implemented a n+2 lookahead prediction for ssd streaming Qwen Flash Next - and it worked! - 2026-10-13 09:11 · r/LocalLLM
1080 + 1060 + 64gb ddr5 orca qwen 3.8 flash iq3_xxs in strata - 2026-10-13 04:04 · r/LocalLLM
When to use qwen 3.8 flash next 4 bit vs 27b 6 bit - 2026-10-12 23:18 · r/LocalLLaMA
Qwen 3.8 Flash Next Q3 S - Benchmark creation