Vitalik Buterin Tests Qwen 3.8 Flash Locally on a Laptop, Impressed

Vitalik Buterin shared benchmarks of Qwen 3.8 Flash running locally via llama.cpp on a Strix Halo laptop, calling the performance impressive and suggesting local models now suffice for most tasks.

2026-09-17 ~ 2026-09-18 · 2 related posts

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