Qwen 3.8 27B scores 52 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index That's the same score as GPT-5.6 Luna (max), and just one point behind GLM-5.2 (max) and DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (max) - that GLM is 753B and that DeepSeek is 1.6B parameters, and Luna is size unknown but presumably a whole lot bigger than 27B.
Qwen 3.8 27B is [a truly astonishing model](https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/16/qwen-38-27b/).
Via [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49334544)
Tags: [ai](https://simonwillison.net/tags/ai), [generative-ai](https://simonwillison.net/tags/generative-ai), [llms](https://simonwillison.net/tags/llms), [qwen](https://simonwillison.net/tags/qwen), [ai-in-china](https://simonwillison.net/tags/ai-in-china), [artificial-analysis](https://simonwillison.net/tags/artificial-analysis)
source & further reading
simonwillison.net — original article
Qwen 3.8 27B is excellent, but it defaults to wildly overthinking things
Quoting Dario Amodei
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