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

GPT-5 mini (Medium) vs Qwen3.8 27B (Medium). 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 (Medium)Off the frontier
Intelligence
27.60
Total cost
$1165
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 (Medium)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)20.627.6+34.0% Qwen3.8 27B (Medium) is 34.0% more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)Not reported$1,165.00— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)15.80s56.04s+254.7% Qwen3.8 27B (Medium) is 254.7% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.25 / $2.00$0.50 / $3.00
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image, Video
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