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Qwen3.8 27B

AI model Released

Context window
262,144 tokens
Maximum output
32,768 tokens
Open weights
Yes

Capability & preference

Human preference · Arena

Overall text preferences from head-to-head votes. Not factual accuracy or a task-success rate.

Qwen3.8 27B 1438.4 Qwen3.8-27B · 95% interval 1433.6–1443.3 · 27,779 votes · 2026-10-28

Recorded results

Only the same benchmark, version, workload, scenario and unit share a row. Missing results are not zero. System results include the full submitted hardware and software configuration.

Arena text preference / chinesehuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,500.99 rating

Confidence interval: 1,487.83 – 1,514.14

2120 votes

Category
chinese
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3.8-27B
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / codinghuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,481.37 rating

Confidence interval: 1,473.79 – 1,488.96

7536 votes

Category
coding
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3.8-27B
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / creative_writinghuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,379.11 rating

Confidence interval: 1,370.19 – 1,388.03

5601 votes

Category
creative_writing
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3.8-27B
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / englishhuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,446.97 rating

Confidence interval: 1,440.29 – 1,453.65

10380 votes

Category
english
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3.8-27B
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / exclude_tieshuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,431.83 rating

Confidence interval: 1,425.47 – 1,438.19

20328 votes

Category
exclude_ties
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3.8-27B
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / experthuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,481.51 rating

Confidence interval: 1,470.44 – 1,492.58

3024 votes

Category
expert
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3.8-27B
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / frenchhuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,464.72 rating

Confidence interval: 1,444.65 – 1,484.79

974 votes

Category
french
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3.8-27B
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / germanhuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,444.09 rating

Confidence interval: 1,416.39 – 1,471.80

458 votes

Category
german
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3.8-27B
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / hard_promptshuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,458.09 rating

Confidence interval: 1,452.45 – 1,463.73

18028 votes

Category
hard_prompts
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3.8-27B
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / hard_prompts_englishhuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,460.46 rating

Confidence interval: 1,452.63 – 1,468.28

6879 votes

Category
hard_prompts_english
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3.8-27B
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_business_and_management_and_financial_operationshuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,439.15 rating

Confidence interval: 1,430.31 – 1,447.98

5050 votes

Category
industry_business_and_management_and_financial_operations
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3.8-27B
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_entertainment_and_sports_and_mediahuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,390.10 rating

Confidence interval: 1,381.96 – 1,398.25

6851 votes

Category
industry_entertainment_and_sports_and_media
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3.8-27B
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_legal_and_governmenthuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,446.75 rating

Confidence interval: 1,433.46 – 1,460.03

2148 votes

Category
industry_legal_and_government
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3.8-27B
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_life_and_physical_and_social_sciencehuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,467.64 rating

Confidence interval: 1,458.24 – 1,477.05

4445 votes

Category
industry_life_and_physical_and_social_science
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3.8-27B
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_mathematicalhuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,459.98 rating

Confidence interval: 1,445.36 – 1,474.61

1641 votes

Category
industry_mathematical
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3.8-27B
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_medicine_and_healthcarehuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,441.71 rating

Confidence interval: 1,427.19 – 1,456.23

1807 votes

Category
industry_medicine_and_healthcare
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3.8-27B
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_software_and_it_serviceshuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,476.69 rating

Confidence interval: 1,470.06 – 1,483.32

10781 votes

Category
industry_software_and_it_services
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3.8-27B
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_writing_and_literature_and_languagehuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,401.44 rating

Confidence interval: 1,393.55 – 1,409.34

7307 votes

Category
industry_writing_and_literature_and_language
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3.8-27B
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / instruction_followinghuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,434.71 rating

Confidence interval: 1,427.79 – 1,441.63

9844 votes

Category
instruction_following
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3.8-27B
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / japanesehuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,395.55 rating

Confidence interval: 1,368.24 – 1,422.86

522 votes

Category
japanese
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3.8-27B
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / koreanhuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,379.82 rating

Confidence interval: 1,351.87 – 1,407.77

459 votes

Category
korean
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3.8-27B
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / longer_queryhuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,447.68 rating

Confidence interval: 1,441.07 – 1,454.29

12166 votes

Category
longer_query
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3.8-27B
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / mathhuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,455.86 rating

Confidence interval: 1,440.06 – 1,471.67

1400 votes

Category
math
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3.8-27B
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / multi_turnhuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,438.22 rating

Confidence interval: 1,428.66 – 1,447.78

4334 votes

Category
multi_turn
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3.8-27B
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / non_englishhuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,426.38 rating

Confidence interval: 1,420.69 – 1,432.07

17393 votes

Category
non_english
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3.8-27B
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / overallhuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,438.44 rating

Confidence interval: 1,433.61 – 1,443.28

27779 votes

Category
overall
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3.8-27B
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / polishhuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,446.45 rating

Confidence interval: 1,418.45 – 1,474.45

435 votes

Category
polish
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3.8-27B
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / russianhuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,411.32 rating

Confidence interval: 1,401.04 – 1,421.61

3656 votes

Category
russian
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3.8-27B
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / spanishhuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,446.03 rating

Confidence interval: 1,426.05 – 1,466.01

913 votes

Category
spanish
Evaluated configuration
Qwen3.8-27B
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / chinesehuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,502.28 rating

Confidence interval: 1,487.87 – 1,516.69

1743 votes

Category
chinese
Evaluated configuration
qwen3.8-27b
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / codinghuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,482.71 rating

Confidence interval: 1,474.72 – 1,490.70

6417 votes

Category
coding
Evaluated configuration
qwen3.8-27b
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / creative_writinghuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,384.23 rating

Confidence interval: 1,374.71 – 1,393.75

4668 votes

Category
creative_writing
Evaluated configuration
qwen3.8-27b
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / englishhuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,447.48 rating

Confidence interval: 1,440.49 – 1,454.47

8818 votes

Category
english
Evaluated configuration
qwen3.8-27b
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / exclude_tieshuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,434.63 rating

Confidence interval: 1,427.95 – 1,441.30

17023 votes

Category
exclude_ties
Evaluated configuration
qwen3.8-27b
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / experthuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,480.60 rating

Confidence interval: 1,468.73 – 1,492.46

2583 votes

Category
expert
Evaluated configuration
qwen3.8-27b
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / frenchhuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,468.19 rating

Confidence interval: 1,446.25 – 1,490.13

791 votes

Category
french
Evaluated configuration
qwen3.8-27b
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / germanhuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,436.29 rating

Confidence interval: 1,405.80 – 1,466.79

368 votes

Category
german
Evaluated configuration
qwen3.8-27b
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / hard_promptshuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,459.13 rating

Confidence interval: 1,453.21 – 1,465.06

15193 votes

Category
hard_prompts
Evaluated configuration
qwen3.8-27b
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / hard_prompts_englishhuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,460.18 rating

Confidence interval: 1,451.92 – 1,468.45

5852 votes

Category
hard_prompts_english
Evaluated configuration
qwen3.8-27b
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_business_and_management_and_financial_operationshuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,434.99 rating

Confidence interval: 1,425.56 – 1,444.41

4265 votes

Category
industry_business_and_management_and_financial_operations
Evaluated configuration
qwen3.8-27b
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_entertainment_and_sports_and_mediahuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,394.64 rating

Confidence interval: 1,386.02 – 1,403.26

5740 votes

Category
industry_entertainment_and_sports_and_media
Evaluated configuration
qwen3.8-27b
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_legal_and_governmenthuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,446.70 rating

Confidence interval: 1,432.39 – 1,461.01

1799 votes

Category
industry_legal_and_government
Evaluated configuration
qwen3.8-27b
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_life_and_physical_and_social_sciencehuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,467.68 rating

Confidence interval: 1,457.55 – 1,477.81

3689 votes

Category
industry_life_and_physical_and_social_science
Evaluated configuration
qwen3.8-27b
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_mathematicalhuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,461.66 rating

Confidence interval: 1,445.54 – 1,477.78

1331 votes

Category
industry_mathematical
Evaluated configuration
qwen3.8-27b
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_medicine_and_healthcarehuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,440.79 rating

Confidence interval: 1,425.05 – 1,456.52

1511 votes

Category
industry_medicine_and_healthcare
Evaluated configuration
qwen3.8-27b
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_software_and_it_serviceshuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,477.82 rating

Confidence interval: 1,470.85 – 1,484.79

9127 votes

Category
industry_software_and_it_services
Evaluated configuration
qwen3.8-27b
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_writing_and_literature_and_languagehuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,406.38 rating

Confidence interval: 1,397.98 – 1,414.77

6078 votes

Category
industry_writing_and_literature_and_language
Evaluated configuration
qwen3.8-27b
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / instruction_followinghuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,436.80 rating

Confidence interval: 1,429.51 – 1,444.10

8237 votes

Category
instruction_following
Evaluated configuration
qwen3.8-27b
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / japanesehuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,392.29 rating

Confidence interval: 1,361.50 – 1,423.09

414 votes

Category
japanese
Evaluated configuration
qwen3.8-27b
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / koreanhuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,387.07 rating

Confidence interval: 1,357.08 – 1,417.06

394 votes

Category
korean
Evaluated configuration
qwen3.8-27b
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / longer_queryhuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,449.25 rating

Confidence interval: 1,442.33 – 1,456.18

10316 votes

Category
longer_query
Evaluated configuration
qwen3.8-27b
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / mathhuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,456.79 rating

Confidence interval: 1,439.64 – 1,473.93

1171 votes

Category
math
Evaluated configuration
qwen3.8-27b
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / multi_turnhuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,441.56 rating

Confidence interval: 1,431.42 – 1,451.71

3711 votes

Category
multi_turn
Evaluated configuration
qwen3.8-27b
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / non_englishhuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,429.40 rating

Confidence interval: 1,423.40 – 1,435.40

14467 votes

Category
non_english
Evaluated configuration
qwen3.8-27b
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / overallhuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,440.55 rating

Confidence interval: 1,435.48 – 1,445.62

23294 votes

Category
overall
Evaluated configuration
qwen3.8-27b
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / polishhuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,441.74 rating

Confidence interval: 1,411.24 – 1,472.25

364 votes

Category
polish
Evaluated configuration
qwen3.8-27b
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / russianhuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,416.01 rating

Confidence interval: 1,404.86 – 1,427.15

2983 votes

Category
russian
Evaluated configuration
qwen3.8-27b
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / spanishhuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

Qwen3.8 27B

1,443.37 rating

Confidence interval: 1,421.44 – 1,465.30

746 votes

Category
spanish
Evaluated configuration
qwen3.8-27b
Evaluation type
human preference

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Inference · memory estimate

Qwen3.8 27B

51.7 GiB checkpoint tensor payload · 27.78 B stored tensor elements · BF16

Stored tensors can include buffers and repeated shared weights. A verified unique parameter count is unavailable. Checkpoint size is not the memory required to run the model.

API cost

USD / month

Standard text-token estimate. Excludes taxes, caching, batch discounts, reasoning and multimodal surcharges. Provider limits and regional availability may differ.

Qwen3.8 27B

Qwen3.8 27B / Pricing tiers 1
Provider / scopeRateCurrencyAmount / unit
DeepInfraQwen/Qwen3.8-27BStandard Cached inputUSD0.05 / 1M tokens
InputUSD0.2 / 1M tokens
OutputUSD2.5 / 1M tokens

Capabilities

Context window
262,144 tokens
Maximum output
32,768 tokens
Reasoning
Yes
Tool calling
Yes
Open weights
Yes
Checkpoint tensor payload
51.75 GiB

Input modalities

  • text
  • image
  • video

Output modalities

  • text

Processing & platform

Architecture
qwen3_5