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Qwen3.8-27B
27B dense vision-language model of the Qwen3.8 series, released as open weights under Apache 2.0 and hosted on Model Studio with a 1M-token context window and hybrid thinking.
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Key specs
- Provider
- Alibaba Cloud (Qwen)
- Family
- Qwen3.8
- API identifier
- qwen3.8-27b
- Availability
- Available
- Release date
- 2026-08-17
- License
- Open source (Apache 2.0)
- Context window
- 1,000,000 tokens
- Max output
- 131,072 tokens
- API access
- Yes
- Consumer app
- Unknown
Capabilities
Inputs
- Text input Yes
- Image input Yes
- Audio input No Input modalities listed as image, text, video.
- Video input Yes
- File input No PDF understanding for qwen3.8-27b is available only in China (Beijing), not in Singapore.
Outputs
- Text output Yes
- Image output No
- Audio output No
Features
- Reasoning Optional Hybrid thinking mode, enabled by default; can be disabled per request.
- Tool calling Yes
- Web search Yes Hosted version on Model Studio.
"Unknown" means we have not verified this capability yet; it does not mean the model lacks it.
Pricing
Estimate your monthly cost →| Dimension | Tier | Price | Since | Verified | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Input tokens | base | $0.50 per 1M tokens | 2026-10-12 | 2026-10-25 | qwen3.8-27b Model Info - Alibaba Cloud Model Studio Singapore (International) list price for the hosted model; no input-length tiers (0 < tokens <= 1M). |
| Cached input tokens | base | $0.10 per 1M tokens | 2026-10-12 | 2026-10-25 | qwen3.8-27b Model Info - Alibaba Cloud Model Studio Implicit cache hit. |
| Cache writes | base | $0.625 per 1M tokens | 2026-10-12 | 2026-10-25 | qwen3.8-27b Model Info - Alibaba Cloud Model Studio Explicit cache creation. |
| Output tokens | base | $3.00 per 1M tokens | 2026-10-12 | 2026-10-25 | qwen3.8-27b Model Info - Alibaba Cloud Model Studio Same price for thinking (chain of thought + answer) and non-thinking output. |
| Tool and search requests | base | $10.00 per 1,000 requests | 2026-10-12 | 2026-10-25 | Web search with large models - Alibaba Cloud Model Studio Singapore: 'agent' search strategy, or the web_search tool via the Responses API or Anthropic-compatible method; per 1,000 calls, plus retrieved content billed as input tokens. No fee is listed for the default turbo/max strategies |
| Other | base | $0.05 per 1M units | 2026-10-12 | 2026-10-25 | qwen3.8-27b Model Info - Alibaba Cloud Model Studio Explicit cache read (explicit cache hit). |
Prices are shown in the currency the provider publishes; we never convert currencies.
Benchmarks
| Benchmark | Setting | Score | Reported by | Measured | Verified | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CharXiv Reasoning accuracy %, higher is better | reasoning questions (RQ), with code interpreter (CI); effort not stated | 90.2 % | Self-reported | — | 2026-10-25 | Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B - Hugging Face model card |
| reasoning questions (RQ), without code interpreter (CI); effort not stated | 83.7 % | Self-reported | — | 2026-10-25 | Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B - Hugging Face model card | |
| DeepSWE v1.1 % resolved (pass@1), higher is better | v1.1; effort not stated; Claude Code harness, temp 1.0, top_p 0.95, 256K context | 42.2 % | Self-reported | — | 2026-10-25 | Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B - Hugging Face model card |
| GDPval-AA v2.1 Elo, higher is better | low effort; Stirrup agent harness | 1,363 Elo | Third party | 2026-10-25 | 2026-10-25 | GDPval-AA v2.1 Leaderboard (Artificial Analysis) |
| medium effort; Stirrup agent harness | 1,380 Elo | Third party | 2026-10-25 | 2026-10-25 | GDPval-AA v2.1 Leaderboard (Artificial Analysis) | |
| non-reasoning; Stirrup agent harness | 1,074 Elo | Third party | 2026-10-25 | 2026-10-25 | GDPval-AA v2.1 Leaderboard (Artificial Analysis) | |
| xhigh effort; Stirrup agent harness | 1,419 Elo | Third party | 2026-10-25 | 2026-10-25 | GDPval-AA v2.1 Leaderboard (Artificial Analysis) | |
| Humanity's Last Exam accuracy %, higher is better | tools not stated; effort not stated; GPT-4o judge | 30.8 % | Self-reported | — | 2026-10-25 | Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B - Hugging Face model card |
| OSWorld 2.0 % tasks completed, higher is better | release and task set not stated, binary; effort not stated | 19.4 % | Self-reported | — | 2026-10-25 | Qwen/Qwen3.8-Flash-Next - Hugging Face model card |
| release and task set not stated, partial; effort not stated | 48 % | Self-reported | — | 2026-10-25 | Qwen/Qwen3.8-Flash-Next - Hugging Face model card | |
| Text Arena Arena score, higher is better | Overall, style control on; no effort suffix | 1,437 | Third party | 2026-10-22 | 2026-10-25 | Text Arena leaderboard (Arena) |
There is no maintained public leaderboard (the project site says it is under construction), so almost all current numbers are self-reported by providers. Results with tools such as a code interpreter are much higher than without: Alibaba reports 83.7% without and 90.2% with tools for Qwen3.8-27B. Top models now exceed the human baseline, so differences at the top are small and may reflect label noise. Descriptive-question scores are a different metric and must not be recorded here.
The official leaderboard uses mini-swe-agent for all models and shows whole-number percentages with margins of about ±1 to ±6 points. Providers often report scores from their own scaffolds or effort settings; DeepSeek reports 65.5% to 74.2% for the same model depending on the scaffold. DeepSWE v1 scores are not comparable with v1.1. With only 113 tasks, small differences are within noise.
Elo is a relative rating: values change as models are added and the scale is re-anchored, so always store the date a rating was read. For example, Anthropic's launch page gives 1846 for Claude Opus 5.5, while the leaderboard on 2026-10-12 shows 1866 (Max, Default Fallback). Earlier versions (Google cites "GDPVal-AA v2") are not comparable. Judging is done by an LLM, not by human experts. Anthropic models are listed with "Default Fallback", meaning refused steps are routed to a fallback model. AA-Briefcase and GDP.pdf are separate evaluations.
Results differ a lot by setting: with tools versus without tools (Anthropic reports 45.9% without tools and 57.4% with tools for Claude Haiku 5.5), and the full set versus the text-only subset. Providers use different judge models and harnesses (Scale uses o3-mini; Alibaba states GPT-4o). Derived sets such as HLE-Verified (a third-party revision with 1,811 scored items), HLE-Rolling and HLE-Diamond are different item sets and are not comparable. The questions are public, so contamination is possible, and community reviews have reported flawed items.
Numbers are only comparable when release, task set (full or offline), metric (binary or partial), step budget (150, 300 or 500) and agent approach (standard or batch tool calls) all match. Providers usually quote partial scores, which are much higher than binary completion. Claude Opus 5 at max effort on v2.1 scores 44.33% binary and 77.67% partial. The verified leaderboard is run by the maintainers and covers few current models, so most numbers are self-reported. The original OSWorld and OSWorld-Verified (369 tasks) are a different benchmark and are not recorded here.
Scores measure voter preference, which can be influenced by answer style and length. The leaderboard offers a style-control adjustment, so record which view was used. Scores shift with every update, so a value is only meaningful together with its leaderboard date. Entries marked "Preliminary" or with few votes have wide confidence intervals. The same model can appear several times with different reasoning-effort suffixes (for example -high or -max). Category views (Coding, Math, Creative Writing and others) are different rankings from Overall.
One row per result, without rank numbers: each result was measured under its own setting (effort level, harness, tools, test version), as stated by the source, and scores compare only within the same setting. Self-reported results come from the provider and have not been reproduced independently.
Rankings
- #10 of 39 in Best AI for business as of 2026-10-26
- #16 of 42 in Best AI API as of 2026-10-26
- #25 of 26 in Best AI for students as of 2026-10-26
Derived from our published ranking snapshots; each ranking explains its criteria and weights.
Compare Qwen3.8-27B
Guides
- AI token pricing explained: input, output, cached and batch rates
- Reasoning models explained: thinking modes, effort and cost
- Multimodal AI explained: image, audio, video and file inputs, and what they cost
- Context windows explained: limits, long-context pricing and recall
- How to choose an AI model: a practical decision framework
About Qwen3.8-27B
qwen3.8-27b is a dense 27-billion-parameter native vision-language model that accepts text, images and video. Its weights are published on Hugging Face under the Apache 2.0 license, with a native context length of 262,144 tokens that the model card says is extensible up to 1,000,000 tokens, recommending RoPE scaling such as YaRN beyond the native length. The Model Studio hosted version offers a 1M-token context window, function calling, structured output, web search and context caching. Thinking mode is on by default and can be disabled per request.
Strengths and weaknesses
Strengths
- Open weights under Apache 2.0
- Text, image and video input
- Hosted version: 1,000,000-token context window, up to 131,072 output tokens, function calling, structured output and web search
Weaknesses
- PDF understanding is available only in China (Beijing), not in Singapore
- Batch inference is not supported in the Singapore region
- Self-hosted weights have a native context of 262,144 tokens (longer contexts require RoPE scaling such as YaRN)
Sources
- qwen3.8-27b Model Info - Alibaba Cloud Model Studio
- Model lifecycle and updates - Alibaba Cloud Model Studio
- Apache License 2.0 (Qwen3.8-27B LICENSE)
- PDF file understanding via VL model - Alibaba Cloud Model Studio
- Use deep thinking models via API | Model Studio - Alibaba Cloud Model Studio
- Web search with large models - Alibaba Cloud Model Studio
- Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B - Hugging Face model card
- Qwen/Qwen3.8-Flash-Next - Hugging Face model card
- GDPval-AA v2.1 Leaderboard (Artificial Analysis)
- Text Arena leaderboard (Arena)
Last verified Page updated 2026-10-26