head-to-head
Qwen: Qwen3.8 27B vs Qwen: Qwen3.8 27B (free)
Side-by-side comparison of specs, pricing, benchmark scores, and task rankings. Updated 2026-09-23.
| Qwen: Qwen3.8 27B | Qwen: Qwen3.8 27B (free) | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | qwen | qwen |
| Quality Score | 100 | 100 |
| Benchmark Score | 55.6 | 55.6 |
| Input Price | $0.42/M | Free |
| Output Price | $3.00/M | Free |
| Context Window | 1,000,000 | 262,144 |
| Max Output | 131,072 | 235,929 |
| Tool Calling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Structured Output | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reasoning Mode | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vision | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audio | - | - |
| Benchmark Scores | ||
| ai_index | 55.6 | 55.6 |
Who wins by task?
| Task | Qwen: Qwen3.8 27B | Qwen: Qwen3.8 27B (free) |
|---|---|---|
| SQL Generation | 140 | 137 |
| Code Review | 142 | 137 |
| Code Completion | 132 | 130 |
| Code Refactoring | 144 | 136 |
| Bug Fixing | 146 | 141 |
| Unit Test Generation | 130 | 127 |
| Code Documentation | 136 | 131 |
| Regex Writing | 124 | 125 |
| CI/CD Pipelines | 126 | 123 |
| CSV / Spreadsheet Cleanup | 135 | 130 |
| ETL Scripting | 135 | 130 |
| JSON Extraction | 131 | 132 |
| Bulk Data Labeling | 129 | 130 |
| OCR / Document Parsing | 133 | 131 |
| Table Extraction from PDFs | 133 | 131 |
| Long-Document Summarization | 146 | 138 |
| Short-Form Summarization | 126 | 126 |
| Blog Post Writing | 128 | 125 |
Scores reflect capability match + benchmark data + pricing for each task. Methodology →
Related comparisons
Cohere: Command A+ vs Qwen: Qwen3.8 27B
Cohere: Command A+ vs Qwen: Qwen3.8 27B (free)
OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna Pro vs Qwen: Qwen3.8 27B
OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna Pro vs Qwen: Qwen3.8 27B (free)
OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna Pro (batch) vs Qwen: Qwen3.8 27B
OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna Pro (batch) vs Qwen: Qwen3.8 27B (free)
OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna vs Qwen: Qwen3.8 27B
OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna vs Qwen: Qwen3.8 27B (free)