Model repo updated: Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
image text to text · 5,739,341 downloads · 13,900 likes · tags: qwen3_5, image-text-to-text, conversational, eval-results, endpoints_compatible
Model Watch · Alibaba
Qwen3.8-27B
The dense open-weight member of the 3.8 family. No API price because you host it yourself. The date is when the repo went up.
Status
released
Released
5 August 2026
Context
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Price / 1M
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Mentions
2
Threads
1
What is Qwen3.8-27B?
Qwen3.8-27B is a model from Alibaba, built in China. It's out, and you can call it today.
When did Qwen3.8-27B come out?
Alibaba released it on 5 August 2026. That date comes from the lab's own docs.
The tracker first logged the name on 14 August 2026 and last saw it on 14 August 2026.
What does it cost, and how much context does it hold?
No price and no context window. Alibaba hasn't published either, and we're not going to estimate them for you. This table fills in when they do.
| Lab | Alibaba |
|---|---|
| Built in | China |
| Status | released |
| API model id | Not published |
| Released | 5 August 2026 |
| Context window | Not published |
| Max output | Not published |
| Input, per 1M tokens | Not published |
| Output, per 1M tokens | Not published |
How does it compare to Alibaba's other models?
| Model | Status | Date | Context | In / 1M | Out / 1M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3.8-27B | released | 5 August 2026 | — | — | — |
| Qwen4 | announced | — | — | — | — |
| Qwen3.8-Max | released | — | 1M tokens | $2.00 | $6.00 |
| Qwen3.8-Flash | released | — | 1M tokens | $0.15 | $0.47 |
| Qwen3.7-Plus | released | — | 1M tokens | $0.40 | $1.60 |
A dash means the lab hasn't published that number for that model.
What are people discussing about Qwen3.8-27B?
We tracked 1 public discussion naming Qwen3.8-27B across r/LocalLLM on 19 August 2026.
None of them settled on a single subject clearly enough to group, so there is nothing more specific to report yet.
Every mention we've logged
Every tracked post, release, changelog entry or incident whose title or summary names Qwen3.8-27B. Newest first, each one linking to where the lab published it.
Fri 14 Aug 2026
2New model repo: Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B-FP8
image text to text · 6,234,247 downloads · 758 likes · tags: qwen3_5, image-text-to-text, conversational, endpoints_compatible, fp8
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More from Alibaba:
- Qwen4 · announced
- Qwen3.8-Max · released
- Qwen3.8-Flash · released
- Qwen3.7-Plus · released
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