Alibaba · 180B (6B active) · Mixture of Experts
Preview of the Qwen4 architecture — 125B MoE plus 51B n-gram embeddings, only 6B active Check if your GPU or Mac can run Qwen 3.8 Flash Next locally — 100.6 GB min, 167.6 GB recommended.
2026-08256K context
Mixture of Experts
Total experts: 512
Active experts: 10
Active params: 6.0B
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2_K | 2 | 58.1 GB | low | — |
| Q3_K_M | 3 | 81.2 GB | moderate | — |
| Q4_K_M | 4 | 92.7 GB | good | — |
| Q5_K_M | 5 | 115.8 GB | good | — |
| Q6_K | 6 | 138.8 GB | excellent | — |
| Q8_0 | 8 | 184.9 GB | excellent | — |
| F16 | 16 | 369.3 GB | lossless | — |
Can I run Qwen 3.8 Flash Next locally?
- Can I run Qwen 3.8 Flash Next locally?
- Qwen 3.8 Flash Next needs about 100.6 GB of memory at a minimum and 167.6 GB recommended. Open this page to grade it against your GPU or Mac, then run it with runai, Ollama or LM Studio.
- How much VRAM does Qwen 3.8 Flash Next need?
- At Q4_K_M, Qwen 3.8 Flash Next uses about 92.7 GB of VRAM. Higher quants need more memory; lower quants fit tighter cards with a quality tradeoff.