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Qwen3.8 27B

by Alibaba Qwen · Released Aug 2026

Multimodal1M Context
45.6
avg score
Rank #169
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Better than 46% of all models
Context
1.0M tokens (~500 books)
Input $/1M
$0.42
Output $/1M
$2.55
Type
multimodal
License
Proprietary
Benchmarks
14 tested
Data as of
About

Qwen3.8 27B is an open-weight dense vision-language model from Qwen. It is suited for coding, professional workflows, research, multimodal interaction, and long-running agent tasks, with flexible thinking that can be...

Tested on 14 benchmarks · BenchGecko score 45.6. Top scores: Chatbot Arena Elo — Coding (1591.2%), Chatbot Arena Elo — Overall (1437.7%), Artificial Analysis · GPQA Diamond (90.5%).

Looking for similar performance at lower cost?
gpt-oss-20b scores 45.0 (99% as good) at $0.02/1M input · 96% cheaper
Capabilities
speed
51.8
#24 globally
general
47.4
#39 globally
Benchmark Scores
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Tested on 14 benchmarks · Ranked across 3 categories
Score Distribution (all 312 models)
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arenaCompare arena →
Chatbot Arena Elo — Coding

Chatbot Arena coding Elo. Human preference ranking specifically for coding tasks and technical questions.

1591·
Chatbot Arena Elo — Overall

Chatbot Arena overall Elo rating. Crowdsourced human preference ranking from blind head-to-head comparisons across all topics.

1438·
speedCompare speed →
Artificial Analysis · GPQA Diamond
90.5·
Artificial Analysis · Long Context Reasoning
82.0·
Artificial Analysis · MMMU Pro
76.3·
generalCompare general →
Dtbench
80.0·
Lmca
48.7·
Surface Evolver Bench
45.0·
Quick compare:NVIDIA logovs Nemotron 3 UltraGoogle DeepMind logovs Gemini 2.0 Flash LiteDeepSeek logovs R1
Excellent (85+) Good (70-85) Average (50-70) Below (<50)
Model Family · Alibaba Qwen Qwen 3.8
Aug 2026
$2.00/M in1.0Mctx7 benchmarks
Aug 2026
$2.50/M in(+0.50)1.0Mctx(-39K)
Aug 2026
45.6
$0.42/M in(-2.08)1.0Mctx(-10K)14 benchmarks
Aug 2026
$0.00/M in(-0.42)262Kctx(-738K)
Aug 2026
$0.15/M in(+0.15)1.0Mctx(+738K)
Aug 2026
$2.00/M in(+1.85)1.0Mctx
Sep 2026
56.8+11.2
$2.00/M in1.0Mctx23 benchmarks
Sep 2026
$4.00/M in(+2)1.0Mctx
Sep 2026
$0.15/M in(-3.85)1.0Mctx
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Qwen3.8 27B pricing increased 881%
Sep 30, 2026
Qwen3.8 27B pricing increased 110%
Sep 22, 2026
Qwen3.8 27B pricing dropped 49%
Sep 12, 2026
Qwen3.8 27B added
Aug 15, 2026
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Specifications
  • Typemultimodal
  • Context1.0M tokens (~500 books)
  • ReleasedAug 2026
  • LicenseProprietary
  • StatusActive
  • Cost / Message~$0.003
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Qwen3.8 27B is a proprietary multimodal AI model by Alibaba Qwen, released in August 2026. It has an average benchmark score of 45.6. Context window: 1M tokens.

Related Models

Nemotron 3 Ultra · NVIDIAGemini 2.0 Flash Lite · Google DeepMindR1 · DeepSeekgpt-oss-20b · OpenAIQwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 · Alibaba Qwen

Benchmarks

Chatbot Arena Elo — CodingChatbot Arena Elo — OverallArtificial Analysis · GPQA DiamondArtificial Analysis · Long Context ReasoningDtbench

Related Pages

Alibaba Qwen · ProviderAlibaba Qwen · EconomyAll ModelsCompare ModelsPricingDevelopers · APIContext Window · Glossary

Key facts · as of 2026-10-05

  • Qwen3.8 27B by Alibaba Qwen. BenchGecko score 45.6, rank 168 of 312 scored models (normalized average of public benchmark scores).
  • List price $0.42 input · $2.55 output per 1M tokens (as of 2026-10-05).
  • Sold by 17 providers (as of 2026-10-05): Wafer $0.0240 in / $4.35 out · Reka $0.0248 in / $4.35 out · DekaLLM $0.0490 in / $3.00 out · Darkbloom (fp4) $0.0500 in / $2.20 out · Ionstream (fp8) $0.0893 in / $2.35 out · and 12 more. Every provider
  • Gecko Tests: Who Are You B (Knows who made it) · Tokenizer Tax B (41% more tokens outside English).

How to cite · data as of 2026-10-05

Qwen3.8 27B · benchmarks, pricing and providers. BenchGecko, data as of 2026-10-05. https://benchgecko.ai/model/qwen3-8-27b

Credit "Source: BenchGecko" with a link. Prices per provider and Gecko Tests are BenchGecko data (CC BY 4.0); benchmark scores keep their original source, listed in the JSON. JSON · llms.txt · MCP