Community discusses Qwen4 expectations and model size needs

LocalLLaMA users discuss expectations for Qwen4, noting Qwen3.8-Flash-Next is impressive as a preview model and questioning whether Qwen4 will significantly surpass it or if the current model is already near the optimum for its size.

• Community asks if Qwen3.8 Flash Next work speeds up Qwen42026-10-04
• Qwen4-27B may feature 4-way parallel residual streams2026-10-26
• Blogger runs blind test of five self-hosted AI agents on local hardware2026-10-26
• Qwen3.8 Flash Next hits 262 tok/s on 16GB VRAM2026-10-25
• Lean-QwenFlash Runs 125B Model on Low Memory2026-10-25