Qwen3.8 125B (6B active) Flash-Next
on M5 Max 128GB · Strata · 245,000 ctx
Use cases
long-context
Summary
User compares Strata against oMLX running Qwen3.8-Flash-Next on a 128GB M5 Max, with Strata decoding at 74 tok/s versus 57.5 tok/s for oMLX at 245K context.
Strata is a one-month-old engine built for this one model, running on Metal.
The comparison holds one request at a time only, which the user notes as the current limitation.