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Qwen3.8-Flash-Next 176.9B IQ2_XXS with DwarfStar on 1× Mac

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next 176.9B IQ2_XXS with DwarfStar on 1× Mac: 48.7 tok/s according to github.com (dataset as of Nov 3, 2026).

by antirez

48.7tok/sPeak

1 request, best value reported by source, context 32k

Source: github.com
Intelligence (original model) · Artificial Analysis40with thinkingOriginal model's value. Heavily compressed (~2.1 bit), intelligence is likely much lower.

≤ 3 bit: quantization may cost quality

Engine

Engine
DwarfStar (ds4) main@0aaea5a (2026-09-20)
Quantization
IQ2_XXS gate/up, Q2_K down; 41.73 GiB resident, 95.37 GiB BF16-n-grams auf SSD
Model family
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next
Context
—
Parameters
176.9B, davon 51.2B n-gram-Tabelle (Angabe 0xBakeer-README)
Creator
antirez
GitHub stars
24,199
Repo updated
Nov 2, 2026

Measurements

Every sourced value of this recipe, each with its condition and source. Bars relative to the largest value in the group.

Decode · 1 request

  • Peak (decode)48.7 tok/scontext 32K · Ohne MTP Source 

Prefill by context

What you need

Hardware
1 × Mac / Apple Silicon
Engine
DwarfStar (ds4) main@0aaea5a (2026-09-20)

Notes

What matters before you rebuild it.

  • ≤ 3 bit: quantization may cost qualityAt 3 bit and below the model may answer noticeably worse than the original. The intelligence number refers to the original.
  • Single run
  • License unclear

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