Qwen3.8-27B vs Qwen3.8-Flash-Next
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026
Which is better?
Qwen3.8-27B outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Qwen3.8-Flash-Next is better at 18 benchmarks (Agents' Last Exam, AndroidWorld, CharXiv-R, ClawEval-MM, CoWorkBench, DeepSWE 1.1, ERQA, GPQA, Humanity's Last Exam, IFBench, Job Bench, LiveCodeBench v6, MathVision, NL2Repo, RealWorldQA, RecreationBench, SWE-Bench Pro, Vision2Web). Qwen3.8-Flash-Next significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.
Based on current benchmark, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.
Choose Qwen3.8-27B
- you are already invested in the Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team ecosystem
Choose Qwen3.8-Flash-Next
- you want the strongest raw capability — it leads on 18 of 18 shared benchmarks
- you want the most recent training data — it shipped Aug 2026
At a glance
The differences that matter most.
Performance Benchmarks
Comparative analysis across standard metrics
Qwen3.8-27B outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Qwen3.8-Flash-Next is better at 18 benchmarks (Agents' Last Exam, AndroidWorld, CharXiv-R, ClawEval-MM, CoWorkBench, DeepSWE 1.1, ERQA, GPQA, Humanity's Last Exam, IFBench, Job Bench, LiveCodeBench v6, MathVision, NL2Repo, RealWorldQA, RecreationBench, SWE-Bench Pro, Vision2Web).
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.
Arena Performance
Playground indexes and blind preference scores
Model Size
Parameter count comparison
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next has 152.2B more parameters than Qwen3.8-27B, making it 547.9% larger.
Input Capabilities
Supported data types and modalities
Both Qwen3.8-27B and Qwen3.8-Flash-Next support multimodal inputs.
They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.
Qwen3.8-27B
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next
License
Usage and distribution terms
Qwen3.8-27B is licensed under Apache 2.0, while Qwen3.8-Flash-Next uses Qwen Community License 1.0.
License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.
Apache 2.0
Open weights
Qwen Community License 1.0
Open weights
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
Qwen3.8-27B was released on 2026-08-14, while Qwen3.8-Flash-Next was released on 2026-08-26.
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next is 0 month newer than Qwen3.8-27B.
Aug 14, 2026
1 weeks ago
Aug 26, 2026
0 days ago
1w newerKnowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.
Unable to compare the recency of their training data.
Outputs Comparison
Judge for yourself.
Run your own prompts against Qwen3.8-27B and Qwen3.8-Flash-Next side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.
FAQ
Common questions about Qwen3.8-27B vs Qwen3.8-Flash-Next.