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Qwen3.8-27B vs QwQ-32B

Qwen3.8-27B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Qwen3.8-27B outperforms in 1 benchmarks (GPQA), while QwQ-32B is better at 0 benchmarks. Qwen3.8-27B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Based on current benchmark, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Qwen3.8-27B

  • you want the strongest raw capability — it leads on 1 of 1 shared benchmarks
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Aug 2026

Choose QwQ-32B

  • you are already invested in the Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team ecosystem

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Qwen3.8-27B
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
QwQ-32B
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Benchmark wins
1 of 1
0 of 1
Input price
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— / M
Output price
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— / M
Context window
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Released
Aug 2026
Mar 2025
License
Apache 2.0
Apache 2.0

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

1 benchmarks

Qwen3.8-27B outperforms in 1 benchmarks (GPQA), while QwQ-32B is better at 0 benchmarks.

Qwen3.8-27B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Tue Aug 25 2026 • llm-stats.com

Arena Performance

Playground indexes and blind preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

4.7B diff

QwQ-32B has 4.7B more parameters than Qwen3.8-27B, making it 17.0% larger.

Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3.8-27B
27.8Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
QwQ-32B
32.5Bparameters
27.8B
Qwen3.8-27B
32.5B
QwQ-32B

Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Qwen3.8-27B supports multimodal inputs, whereas QwQ-32B does not.

Qwen3.8-27B can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Qwen3.8-27B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

QwQ-32B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Both models are licensed under Apache 2.0.

Both models share the same licensing terms, providing consistent usage rights.

Qwen3.8-27B

Apache 2.0

Open weights

QwQ-32B

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Qwen3.8-27B was released on 2026-08-14, while QwQ-32B was released on 2025-03-05.

Qwen3.8-27B is 18 months newer than QwQ-32B.

Qwen3.8-27B

Aug 14, 2026

1 weeks ago

1.4yr newer
QwQ-32B

Mar 5, 2025

1.5 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

QwQ-32B has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-11-28, while Qwen3.8-27B's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm QwQ-32B's training data extends to 2024-11-28, but cannot make a direct comparison without Qwen3.8-27B's cutoff date.

Qwen3.8-27B

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QwQ-32B

Nov 2024

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Qwen3.8-27B and QwQ-32B side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Qwen3.8-27B
✓ Preferred
QwQ-32B
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FAQ

Common questions about Qwen3.8-27B vs QwQ-32B.

Which is better, Qwen3.8-27B or QwQ-32B?

Qwen3.8-27B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Qwen3.8-27B is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team and QwQ-32B is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.

How does Qwen3.8-27B compare to QwQ-32B in benchmarks?

Qwen3.8-27B scores MathVision: 94.6%, OmniDocBench 1.5: 91.1%, LiveCodeBench v6: 90.3%, CharXiv-R: 90.2%, GPQA: 89.2%. QwQ-32B scores MATH-500: 90.6%, IFEval: 83.9%, AIME 2024: 79.5%, LiveBench: 73.1%, BFCL: 66.4%.

What are the main differences between Qwen3.8-27B and QwQ-32B?

Key differences include multimodal support (yes vs no). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

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