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Qwen3.8-27B

Alibaba's 27B Apache-2.0 model that fits on one big GPU. Pricing, the evidence and the alternatives, checked Oct 2026.

Open weights on Hugging Face, Apache-2.0. 27B dense. Runs locally on one high-memory GPU or a big-RAM Mac (quantized).

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Qwen3.8-27B

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Alibaba's 27B Apache-2.0 model that fits on one big GPU.

Seeks: Running a capable model on your own machine, including images and video.
Red flags: Official hosted API is "coming soon"; quality is a clear step below the big open models.
Price: $0.4 in / $3 out per 1M tokensNo free tier

Opening line: “Describe what happens in this screenshot and suggest a fix.”

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Our take on Qwen3.8-27B

Qwen3.8-27B: Alibaba's 27B Apache-2.0 model that fits on one big GPU. Best for running a capable model on your own machine, including images and video. Watch out for: official hosted api is "coming soon"; quality is a clear step below the big open models. Price: $0.4 in / $3 out per 1M tokens (no free tier, checked Oct 2026).

Free tier	Free weights to self-host
Job in a stack	AI model, open-weights model
Cheapest paid plan	API: $0.4 in / $3 out per 1M tokens
Price checked	2026-10-15, unverified

What Qwen3.8-27B is good at

Chat2 of 5

Coding2 of 5

Writing1 of 5

Long documentsnot rated

Researchnot rated

Agents & tool use2 of 5

Image gennot supported

Chat: LMArena Text. #100 of ~410 on LMArena Text (qwen3.8-27b), 2026-10-15
Coding: LMArena Coding. #81 of ~410 on LMArena Coding (qwen3.8-27b), 2026-10-15
Writing: LMArena Creative Writing. #160 of ~410 on LMArena Creative Writing (qwen3.8-27b), 2026-10-15
Agents & tool use: Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index. 34 on the AA Intelligence Index v4.3.2 (Qwen3.8 27B (xhigh)), a composite that includes agentic and tool-use evals, 2026-10-15

Whole scores from 1 to 5, mapped from the source shown. “Not rated” means we found no public benchmark for that job; “not supported” means the model can’t do it. How the bars are scored.

What Qwen3.8-27B costs

Plan	Price	Billing	Key limits
API, per 1M tokens	Per token	$0.4 input / $3 output per 1M tokens; third-party price shown on LMArena; no official API price yet	Blended about $1.05 per 1M tokens (3 parts input to 1 part output)

From arena.ai/leaderboard/text, checked 2026-10-15, unverified. Some prices could not be read from the official page, so confirm before buying. Prices are before tax and vendors change them often.

What outside sources say

Type	Source	Result	Date
benchmark	LMArena Text	#100 (qwen3.8-27b)	2026-10-15
benchmark	LMArena Coding	#81 (qwen3.8-27b)	2026-10-15
benchmark	LMArena Creative Writing	#160 (qwen3.8-27b)	2026-10-15
benchmark	Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index	34 (Qwen3.8 27B (xhigh))	2026-10-15
adoption	Hugging Face downloads	7,363,968 downloads last month; license Apache-2.0	2026-10-15

Our scores: quality 2.6/5, ease 3/5, value 4/5. Editorial start 3/3; benchmark adjustment -0.4, rating adjustment +0. How we rank.

If Qwen3.8-27B isn’t the one

01
Ollama
From $20/mo, free tier first.

Run open AI models on your own computer, free. Seeks private ChatGPT-style chat with open models, offline.
02
Nous Portal
From $20/mo, free tier first.

One Nous sign-in for 200+ models, hosted tools and agent hosting. Seeks hermes Agent users who want one bill instead of a key per lab.
03
OpenRouter
Paid price unverified, free tier first.

One API key for 500+ models at provider list prices. Seeks trying and switching between many models without separate accounts.
04
Gemini 4 Argon
Paid price unverified.

Google's flagship reasoning model, top of LMArena right now. Seeks hard reasoning, coding and long agent runs through the Gemini API.
05
Claude Opus 5.5
Paid price unverified.

Anthropic's daily-driver flagship, #1 on Artificial Analysis. Seeks agentic coding, careful writing and long multi-step work.
06
GPT-6.1 Sol
Paid price unverified.

OpenAI's mid-priced flagship with a 1M-token window. Seeks strong all-rounder for coding and agents at a lower price than GPT-6 Astra.

Questions people ask

Is Qwen3.8-27B free?

No free tier. Cheapest paid plan: $0.4 in / $3 out per 1M tokens (checked Oct 2026).

What is Qwen3.8-27B best for?

Running a capable model on your own machine, including images and video.

What are the downsides of Qwen3.8-27B?

Official hosted API is "coming soon"; quality is a clear step below the big open models.

What are the best Qwen3.8-27B alternatives?

Ollama, Nous Portal, OpenRouter, Gemini 4 Argon.

Qwen3.8-27B

Our take on Qwen3.8-27B

What Qwen3.8-27B is good at

What Qwen3.8-27B costs

What outside sources say

If Qwen3.8-27B isn’t the one

Ollama

Nous Portal

OpenRouter

Gemini 4 Argon

Claude Opus 5.5

GPT-6.1 Sol

Questions people ask