New AI Models MiniMax-M3.1-Flash and Qwen3.8-Flash-Next-DFlash2 Announced

By PulseAugur Editorial · [2 sources] · 2026-10-19 08:55

Two new models, MiniMax-M3.1-Flash and incoai/Qwen3.8-Flash-Next-DFlash2, have been announced. The MiniMax model is from MiniMax AI, while the Qwen model is from the original authors of DFlash 2 and claims to be 20% faster than MTP at concurrency 1. AI

IMPACT New open-source models offer potential speed improvements for local LLM deployments.

RANK_REASON Two new open-source models are announced, with one claiming a speed improvement.

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Newsworthiness bucket: Research; Two new open-source models are announced, with one claiming a speed improvement.
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r/LocalLLaMA TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/Nunki08 · 2026-10-19 10:05

MiniMax-M3.1-Flash is coming

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r/LocalLLaMA TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/rerri · 2026-10-19 08:55

incoai/Qwen3.8-Flash-Next-DFlash2

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