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Qwen Flash Next model runs on consumer hardware via Strata offloading

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A user on Reddit's r/LocalLLaMA subreddit shared their positive experience running the Qwen Flash Next model on their M1 Max MacBook Pro using Strata. Despite hardware limitations that prevented them from running larger models effectively, they were able to achieve 24 tokens/second with Qwen Flash Next by utilizing Strata's offloading technique to an SSD. The user expressed excitement about this method, believing it could enable more users to run advanced open-source models on consumer hardware. AI

IMPACT Enables running advanced open-source models on consumer hardware, potentially lowering the barrier to entry.

RANK_REASON User experience with a specific software/hardware combination for running LLMs.

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Qwen Flash Next model runs on consumer hardware via Strata offloading

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COVERAGE [1]

  1. r/LocalLLaMA TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/New-Pressure-6932 ·

    Qwen Flash Next on Strata is unreal.

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I have been looking for a local model to do some of the typical work I used AI subscriptions for.</p> <p>I’ve tested almost every popular model. I have an M1 Max 64gb MacBook Pro as the inference machine and because of the memory size, I wasn’t a…

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