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Qwen3.8 27B scores 52 on Artificial Analysis

Alibaba's Qwen3.8 27B reasoning model scored 52 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, well above the median of 9 for comparable open-weight models, and is priced at $0.00 per 1M input and output tokens. The model, released on August 14, 2026, supports text and image input with a 256k token context window.

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Qwen3.8 27B scores 52 on Artificial Analysis
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Model summary

Speed

Qwen3.8 27B is amongst the leading models in intelligence and well priced when comparing to other open weight models of similar size. The model supports text and image input, outputs text, and has a 256k tokens context window.

Qwen3.8 27B scores 52 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it well above average among comparable models (median: 9). When evaluating the Intelligence Index, it generated 160M tokens, which is very verbose in comparison to the median of 43M.

Pricing for Qwen3.8 27B is $0.00 per 1M input tokens (competitively priced, median: $0.04) and $0.00 per 1M output tokens (competitively priced, median: $0.15).

Reasoning Yes This page shows the reasoning version of this model. A non-reasoning variant may also exist.
Input modality Supports: text and image
Output modality Supports: text
Context window 256k ~384 A4 pages of size 12 Arial font
Total parameters 27B
License

Hugging FaceMetrics are compared against models of the same class:

  • Non-reasoning models → compared only with other non-reasoning models
  • Reasoning models → compared across both reasoning and non-reasoning
  • Open weights models → compared only with other open weights models of the same size class:
- Tiny: ≤4B parameters
- Small: 4B–40B parameters
- Medium: 40B–150B parameters
- Large: >150B parameters
  • Proprietary models → compared across proprietary and open weights models of the same price range, using a blended 3:1 input/output price ratio:

  • <$0.15 per 1M tokens

  • $0.15–$1 per 1M tokens

  • $1 per 1M tokens Highlights

Speed

Intelligence #

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index by Open Weights / Proprietary

Intelligence Evaluations

Agentic real-world work tasks, (Elo-500)/2000

[𝜏³-Banking](/evaluations/tau3-banking)Updated

Agentic tool use

Agentic coding & terminal use

Coding

Humanity's Last ExamUpdated Reasoning & knowledge

Scientific reasoning

Physics reasoning

AA-Omniscience AccuracyUpdated Knowledge

1 - hallucination rate

AA-LCRUpdated Long context reasoning

Agentic knowledge work, Elo

Agentic SaaS workflows

Legal agentic work, criterion pass rate

Agentic business operations

Quantitative analysis on spreadsheets & documents

Instruction following

Long-horizon agentic tasks

Kubernetes incident root-cause analysis

Visual reasoning

AA-Omniscience

AA-Omniscience Index

Openness Index #

Artificial Analysis Openness Index: Score

Intelligence Index Comparisons #

Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Token Use #

Output Tokens per Intelligence Index Task

Cost #

Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Cost to Run Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Pricing: Cache Hit, Input, and Output

Context Window #

Context Window

Model Size (Open Weights Models Only) #

Model Size: Total and Active Parameters

Frequently Asked Questions #

Common questions about Qwen3.8 27B

Qwen3.8 27B was released on August 14, 2026.

Qwen3.8 27B was created by Alibaba.

Qwen3.8 27B scores 52 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it well above average among other open weight models of similar size (median: 9).

When evaluated on the Intelligence Index, Qwen3.8 27B generated 160M output tokens, which is at the higher end compared to other open weight models of similar size (median: 43M).

Yes, Qwen3.8 27B is a reasoning model. It uses extended thinking or chain-of-thought reasoning to work through complex problems before providing an answer.

Qwen3.8 27B supports text and image input.

Qwen3.8 27B supports text output.

Yes, Qwen3.8 27B supports image input and can analyze, describe, and answer questions about images.

Yes, Qwen3.8 27B is multimodal. It can process text and image input and generate text output.

Qwen3.8 27B has a context window of 260k tokens. This determines how much text and conversation history the model can process in a single request.

Yes, Qwen3.8 27B is open weights. The model weights are publicly available and can be downloaded for self-hosting.

Qwen3.8 27B has 27 billion parameters.

Qwen3.8 27B is released under the Apache 2.0 license. This license allows commercial use. View license

Qwen3.8 27B achieves a score of 52 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index. This composite benchmark evaluates models across reasoning, knowledge, mathematics, and coding.

Qwen3.8 27B is an open weights model that can be self-hosted. [View providers](/models/qwen3-8-27b/providers)

Qwen3.8 27B is an open weights model that can be downloaded and self-hosted. [Compare providers](/models/qwen3-8-27b/providers)
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