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Qwen3.8 125B (6B active) Flash-Next

on M5 Max 128GB · oMLX

Tone: negativeApple hardware
Sep 29, 2026
Throughput
50-70 t/s gen
Quant
oQ5e (MLX)
System RAM
128 GB

Summary

User reports Qwen3.8-Flash-Next at 50-70 t/s on an M5 Max 128GB after upgrading to macOS 27, down from 60-90 t/s on macOS 26. Setup is oMLX with oQ5e quantization. The user reports roughly 20% slower token generation after the OS upgrade and asks whether others see the same.