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Qwen3.8 27B vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking

Live dataset updated 10/1/2026, 9:09:05 PM UTC

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Factual comparison of Qwen3.8 27B and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking
Field	Qwen3.8 27B Qwen	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking Qwen
ModelCap position	#39	#101
Index score	68.9	53.8
Evidence	Measured5 public benchmark observations across 5 boards	Measured2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards
Input / 1M	$0.42	$0.40
Output / 1M	$3.00	$4.00
Pricing status	fresh	fresh
Context	1M	131K
Providers	17	2
Weight access	Open weights	Open weights

Decision facts

Qwen3.8 27B is #39; Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking is #101 on the same current language board.
Index scores are 68.9 for Qwen3.8 27B and 53.8 for Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking. Their published uncertainty intervals do not overlap, but the aggregate Index does not predict performance on every task; compare the relevant benchmark configurations before choosing.
Both positions use Measured evidence.
Listed output price per 1M tokens is $3.00 for Qwen3.8 27B and $4.00 for Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking. For 1,000 requests with 2,000 input and 500 output tokens each (2M input + 0.5M output), the listed-rate estimate is $2.34 for Qwen3.8 27B versus $2.80 for Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking. Qwen3.8 27B costs 16.4% less in this scenario. This excludes caching, batch discounts, prompt-length tiers, tool charges and retries; verify the selected endpoint before budgeting.
Published context is 1,000,000 tokens for Qwen3.8 27B and 131,072 for Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking.
ModelCap currently lists 17 providers for Qwen3.8 27B and 2 for Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking.

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