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Modelreleased on 14 August 2026

Qwen3.8 27B

52ndout of 71General intelligence, ECI index 152.7 (150.7 to 154.9)
Agent tasks34th out of 5247.5% completed
Coding tasksnot measuredCursorBench
Electricity use of a tasknot estimatedmodel size unknown

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Company
Alibaba
Qwen (open models) family
Qwen3.5 397B A17BQwen3.5 122B A10BQwen3.5 27BQwen3.5 35B A3BQwen3.5 9BQwen3.6 27BQwen3.8 27Bthe family
Assistants that offer it
No assistant in the ranking names it on a page we have read.
API price
not recorded

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Rank in each benchmark

  • General intelligenceEpoch AI, ECI index152.7150.7 to 154.952nd out of 71
  • User preferenceLMArena, Elo score143356th out of 68
  • Agent tasksEpoch AI, APEX-Agents47.5 %37.9 to 57.134th out of 52
  • Coding tasksEpoch AI, CursorBenchnot measured
  • Code repairEpoch AI, DeepSWEnot measured

Each segment of the bar is worth a tenth of the ranking; the 1st groups the best ranked. Rank among models released in 2026 and measured by the benchmark. Sources: Epoch AI, "Capabilities & benchmarking" (CC BY 4.0); LMArena, text with style control (CC BY 4.0); data as of 10 November 2026.

Qwen3.8 27B among Alibaba's models, general intelligence

Epoch AI ECI index and its 95% interval, by release date; 9 Alibaba models released in 2026 and measured by the ECI index

FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep140150160General intelligence index (ECI)Qwen3.8 27BQwen3.8 MaxQwen3.8 Max 0902Qwen3.7 MaxQwen3.5 397B A17BQwen3.7 PlusQwen3.6 27BQwen3.5 35B A3BQwen3.5 9B

Dot: the index measured, at the release dateLine: the 95% intervalQwen3.8 27B

Source: Epoch AI, "Capabilities & benchmarking", ECI index. CC BY 4.0 licence.

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