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Qwen3.8-27B
Qwen3.8-27B is an AI model made by Alibaba Tongyi. Alibaba Tongyi released it on 14 August 2026. It is generally available.
Qwen3.8-27B is an AI model made by Alibaba Tongyi. Alibaba Tongyi released it on 14 August 2026. It is generally available. It takes text, image, video and returns text. Its context window is 262,144 tokens. Its longest answer is 131,000 tokens. Through the API it costs $0.50 per 1M tokens for input and $3.00 per 1M tokens for output. Its weights are open. Its licence is Apache-2.0.
- Released
- 14 August 2026 — github.com, read 16 October 2026
- Status
- Generally available — www.qwencloud.com, read 16 October 2026
- Takes
- Text, Image, Video — www.qwencloud.com, read 16 October 2026
- Returns
- Text — www.qwencloud.com, read 16 October 2026
- Open weights
- Yes — huggingface.co, read 16 October 2026
- Licence
- Apache-2.0 — huggingface.co, read 16 October 2026
- Context window
- 262,144 tokens — huggingface.co, read 16 October 2026
- Longest answer
- 131,000 tokens — www.qwencloud.com, read 16 October 2026
- Knowledge cutoff
- Not confirmed: The model card and other checked maker pages do not state a knowledge-cutoff date.
- API price, input
- $0.50 per 1M tokens — www.qwencloud.com, read 16 October 2026
- API price, output
- $3.00 per 1M tokens — www.qwencloud.com, read 16 October 2026
- Where
- API, Downloadable weights — www.qwencloud.com, read 16 October 2026
- Parameters
- 27,000,000,000 — huggingface.co, read 16 October 2026
- Model card
- https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B — github.com, read 16 October 2026
Benchmarks
Measured by others, not by the maker: each score with the name the measurer gives the model and the setting it ran, its day and its licence.
Arena
- Text Arena, qwen3.8-27b: 1,438 (1,433–1,443, 23,294 votes), published 15 October 2026
- Code Arena (WebDev), Qwen3.8-27B: 1,592 (1,585–1,599, 16,172 votes), published 18 October 2026
- Vision Arena, qwen3.8-27b: 1,244 (1,236–1,253, 7,013 votes), published 9 October 2026
Arena’s leaderboard dataset (lmarena-ai/leaderboard-dataset on Hugging Face), CC BY 4.0: ratings from people’s votes between two anonymous models, as Arena publishes them. Data · CC BY 4.0
Epoch AI
- Epoch Capabilities Index, Qwen 3.8 27B: 151.6 (149.8–153.1), as of 19 October 2026
Epoch AI, ‘Capabilities & benchmarking’, epoch.ai/benchmarks, CC BY 4.0: Epoch AI’s own runs and its Capabilities Index. Data · CC BY 4.0
Questions
When was Qwen3.8-27B released?
Alibaba Tongyi released Qwen3.8-27B on 14 August 2026.
Is Qwen3.8-27B still available?
Yes: it is generally available, as Alibaba Tongyi states it.
What is the context window of Qwen3.8-27B?
The context window of Qwen3.8-27B is 262,144 tokens, as Alibaba Tongyi prints it.
How much does the Qwen3.8-27B API cost?
On the standard tier, Qwen3.8-27B costs $0.50 per 1M tokens for input and $3.00 per 1M tokens for output, as Alibaba Tongyi lists it.
Are the weights of Qwen3.8-27B open?
Yes: Alibaba Tongyi publishes the weights of Qwen3.8-27B for download.
What is the licence of Qwen3.8-27B?
The licence of Qwen3.8-27B is Apache-2.0, as Alibaba Tongyi names it.
What does Qwen3.8-27B take and return?
Qwen3.8-27B takes text, image, video and returns text.
How many parameters does Qwen3.8-27B have?
Qwen3.8-27B has 27,000,000,000 parameters, as Alibaba Tongyi publishes it.
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Sources
- GitHub - QwenLM/Qwen3.8 (read 16 October 2026)
- Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B · Hugging Face (read 16 October 2026)
- Qwen3.8-27B - QwenCloud (read 16 October 2026)