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Models/shipped/2026-09-19

Alibaba's Qwen 3.8 Flash Model Demonstrated with Performance and Pricing Claims

Alibaba has announced and demonstrated its Qwen 3.8 Flash model, with The Decoder reporting claims that it undercuts Google's Gemini Flash pricing while matching its multimodal benchmarks. Separately, users on r/LocalLLaMA have provided first-hand accounts and demonstrations of the model running efficiently on consumer-grade GPUs like the RTX 5090 and V100, showcasing its capabilities in tasks such as solving complex math problems. The central claims regarding competitive pricing and benchmark performance originate from Alibaba.

What every outlet reports

  • Alibaba has released/demonstrated a new model named Qwen 3.8 Flash (or variants like Omni-Flash, Flash-Next)
  • The model possesses multimodal capabilities
  • It is capable of running on consumer-grade GPUs (e.g., RTX 5090, V100)
  • The model's performance is being compared to Google's Gemini Flash

All 5 articles

optimist1
Qwen3.8-Omni-Flash undercuts Google's Gemini Flash pricing while matching its multimodal benchmarksThe Decoder · trade press
pragmatist4
Qwen-3.8-Flash-Next on 1x RTX 5090: TG=50 t/s, PP=2300 t/s - with FreeTokenoriginalr/LocalLLaMA · independent
Qwen 3.8 27B Running LIVE on a RTX 5090 to solve an Open Math Problem - Covering Design C(25,15,5)originalr/LocalLLaMA · independent
Finally got Qwen 3.8 Next running on my v100 6gpu setup (TP2 PP3)r/LocalLLaMA · independent
My Qwen 3.8 27B tests on limited VRAM (16-20GB)originalr/LocalLLaMA · independent

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