GPT-5 mini (Medium) vs Qwen3.8 27B (Low)

GPT-5 mini (Medium) 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.

OpenAIGPT-5 mini (Medium)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
20.60
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.

MetricGPT-5 mini (Medium)Qwen3.8 27B (Low)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)20.626.2+27.2% Qwen3.8 27B (Low) is 27.2% more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)Not reported$1,060.08— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)16.74s55.17s+229.6% Qwen3.8 27B (Low) is 229.6% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.25 / $2.00$0.50 / $3.00
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image, Video
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