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Qwen 4 Flash
Estimated release
Nov 6, 2026
Early Nov 2026
Details
- Status
- Named as a Qwen 4 tier at Apsara (Sept 22); expected with or soon after Qwen 4 Max
- Current model
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next, 39.8 on the Intelligence Index, released Aug 26, 2026 ()
- Projected score
- About 41.8 (+2)
- Typical cycle
- About 25 days between releases
Why this date
- Would succeed Qwen3.8-Flash-Next, the architecture preview released Aug 26, 2026 (39.8)
- Qwen 4 Flash was one of the four Qwen 4 tiers Alibaba previewed at Apsara; smaller tiers usually ship with or shortly after the flagship
- Expected to use the same hybrid attention design as the Flash-Next preview (Gated DeltaNet with Qwen Sparse Attention)
Source: Alibaba Cloud Qwen3.8-Flash-Next architecture preview & Qwen 4 roadmap (Sept 2026)
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