Apertus 8B Instruct vs Qwen3.8 27B (Low)

Apertus 8B Instruct vs Qwen3.8 27B (Low). A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

Swiss AI InitiativeApertus 8B InstructNot ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
4.80
Total cost
-
AlibabaQwen3.8 27B (Low)Off the frontier
Intelligence
26.20
Total cost
$1060
Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricApertus 8B InstructQwen3.8 27B (Low)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)4.826.2+445.8% Qwen3.8 27B (Low) is 5.5× more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)Not reported$1,060.08— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)7.29s55.47s+660.9% Qwen3.8 27B (Low) is 660.9% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.10 / $0.20$0.50 / $3.00
Input modalitiesTextText, Image, Video
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