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Composite scores, benchmark ranks, capability grids, and pricing per million tokens. All sourced from the same data that powers the model atlas.

Tools Models

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next vs Qwen3.8 27B

Model A

Model B

MODEL A

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

Alibaba · Qwen

Composite 68Intel 686 rows1 sources

Alibaba's 26 Aug 2026 Flash-Next sibling in the Qwen3.8 line. AA hosted list $0.15 / $0.47 per 1M tokens — cheaper and faster than Qwen3.8 27B, below hosted Qwen3.8 Max.

MODEL B

Qwen3.8 27B

Alibaba · Qwen

Composite 66Intel 666 rows1 sources

Alibaba's dense open-weight Qwen3.8 sibling (14 Aug 2026). AA hosted list $0.50 / $3 per 1M tokens. Apache 2.0 weights on Hugging Face.

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next4stats won

Tied2stats

Qwen3.8 27B0stats won

Spec showdown

Capacity, price, freshness.

Qwen3.8-Flash-NextvsQwen3.8 27B

Composite scores are within 5 points — 68 for Qwen3.8-Flash-Next vs 66 for Qwen3.8 27B. The choice comes down to capability profile and price. Qwen3.8-Flash-Next has the higher benchmark mix (68 vs 66). Qwen3.8-Flash-Next is significantly cheaper at $0.15/1M input vs $0.50/1M input.

Composite score
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next68Winner on this rowQwen3.8 27B66
Benchmark mix
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next68Winner on this rowQwen3.8 27B66
Context window
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next262KQwen3.8 27B262K
Max output
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next—Qwen3.8 27B—
Input price / 1M (lower wins)
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next$0.15Winner on this rowQwen3.8 27B$0.50
Output speed (AA default API)
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next51 t/sWinner on this rowQwen3.8 27B46 t/s

Composite score

Benchmark mix

Context window

262K

Max output

—

Input price / 1M (lower wins)

$0.15

$0.50

Output speed (AA default API)

51 t/s

46 t/s

Capability grid

What each model can do.

Modalities

Qwen3.8-Flash-NextQwen3.8 27B

Text●●

Image—●

Audio——

Video—●

Code●●

Tool use●●

Reasoning●●

Access

Qwen3.8-Flash-NextQwen3.8 27B

API●●

Consumer app——

Open weights●●

Managed cloud——

On-device——

Family profile

Top score per benchmark family.

Reasoning

Coding

Agentic

Long context

Benchmark ranks

Every shared benchmark, side by side.

Reasoning

GPQA Diamond#25/184 · #41/184

92.3%

90.5%

Humanity's Last Exam#52/186 · #66/186

38%

33.9%

Coding

SciCode#45/97 · #60/97

50.6%

46.6%

Agentic

Terminal-Bench#12/167 · #26/167

86.14%

79.78%

Long context

AA-LCR#47/184 · #24/184

79.67%

82%

Performance

AA output speed#120/195 · #124/195

51 t/s

46 t/s

Dossier facts

Dates, sources, fineprint.

Qwen3.8-Flash-NextQwen3.8 27B

ProviderAlibabaAlibaba

FamilyQwenQwen

Release date2026-08-262026-08-14

Knowledge cutoffunpublishedunpublished

Context window262K262K

Max output——

Input price /1M$0.15$0.50

Output price /1M$0.47$3.0

Statussolidsolid

Composite score6866

Intelligence score6866

Intel sourcecompositecomposite

Benchmark rows66

Source count11

Freshnessfreshfresh

Pricing checked2026-09-012026-08-24

Ecosystem

Which tools wrap each model.

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

Not listed in any tool yet.

Qwen3.8 27B

Not listed in any tool yet.

Verdict

Which model to actually pick.

Open Qwen3.8-Flash-Next's dossier Open Qwen3.8 27B's dossier

Questions this comparison answers

Every answer below is assembled from the dated fields on this page. Nothing is written separately for search.

Should you use Qwen3.8-Flash-Next or Qwen3.8 27B?

Is Qwen3.8-Flash-Next or Qwen3.8 27B cheaper?

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next: $0.15 / $0.47. Qwen3.8 27B: $0.50 / $3.0.

How do the Qwen3.8-Flash-Next and Qwen3.8 27B context windows compare?

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next: 262K. Qwen3.8 27B: 262K.