Qwen3.8 27B (Medium) vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct

Qwen3.8 27B (Medium) vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct. A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

AlibabaQwen3.8 27B (Medium)Off the frontier
Intelligence
27.60
Total cost
$1278
AlibabaQwen3 Next 80B A3B InstructNot ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
9.60
Total cost
-
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.

MetricQwen3.8 27B (Medium)Qwen3 Next 80B A3B InstructDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)27.69.6−65.2% Qwen3 Next 80B A3B In… is 65.2% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$1,277.59Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)58.08s4.56s−92.1% Qwen3 Next 80B A3B In… is 92.1% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.50 / $3.00$0.10 / $1.10
Input modalitiesText, Image, VideoText
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