Qwen3.8 27B (Medium) vs Qwen3 VL 30B A3B (Reasoning)

Qwen3.8 27B (Medium) vs Qwen3 VL 30B A3B (Reasoning). 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 VL 30B A3B (Reasoning)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
9.50
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 VL 30B A3B (Reasoning)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)27.69.5−65.6% Qwen3 VL 30B A3B (Rea… is 65.6% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$1,277.59Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)55.72sNot reported— not comparable
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.50 / $3.00$0.50 / $0.50
Input modalitiesText, Image, VideoText, Image
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