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Qwen 3.8 Flash Next NVFP4 on 64gb RAM and 5090, Basalt. Ditched windows for it. Very hyped for qwen 4 model family now.

So, I was asleep on Strata and its specialized forks. Tried basalt and i'm very impressed with the speed/intelligence QFN gives you. Here is my benchmark: https://preview.redd.it/8qhp92ql73zh1.png?width=2946&format=png&auto=webp&s=2abf6d03db5124c8491baf980b8cd3b5367fdb9f I cannot get it to work fas…

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  1. 2026-11-03 08:12 · r/StableDiffusion
    H3 Long-Gen with Qwen 3.8 Flash Next prompting every 18sec went in a really wild direction (2min14s)
  2. 2026-11-01 23:56 · r/LocalLLaMA
    Qwen 3.8 Flash Next NVFP4 on 64gb RAM and 5090, Basalt. Ditched windows for it. Very hyped for qwen 4 model family now.

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