Alibaba (Qwen)

Qwen3.8 27B

Generally availableOpen weights262K contextReasoning

Summary

Qwen3.8 27B is an open-weight language model from Alibaba (Qwen), released on 14 Aug 2026. It accepts text, images and video and generates text, with a 262K-token context window and up to 33K output tokens per response. As of 4 Oct 2026, the lowest listed API price is $0.99 per million input tokens and $1.49 per million output tokens (Cerebras), across 8 providers we track.

Dense 27B vision-language model for coding, agent tasks, and image and video understanding

Last verified 4 Oct 2026. Every figure on this page links to its source.

Specifications

DeveloperAlibaba (Qwen)
Release date14 Aug 2026 [models.dev]
StatusGenerally available [models.dev]
WeightsOpen weights [Hugging Face]
Licenseapache-2.0 [Hugging Face]
Parameters27.8B [Hugging Face]
Context window262K (262,144 tokens) [models.dev]
Max output33K tokens [models.dev]
InputText, images and video [models.dev]
OutputText [models.dev]
Reasoning modeYes [models.dev]
Tool callingYes [models.dev]
Structured outputYes [models.dev]
Hugging FaceQwen/Qwen3.8-27B [Hugging Face]

Qwen3.8 27B API pricing by provider

USD per million tokens. Sorted by input price.

ProviderInputOutputCached inputContextSource
DeepInfra
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
$0.20$2.50$0.05262Kmodels.dev, 4 Oct 2026
Hugging Face Inference Providers
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
$0.40$3–262Kmodels.dev, 4 Oct 2026
OpenRouter
qwen/qwen3.8-27b
$0.42$2.55$0.091MOpenRouter, 4 Oct 2026
Cloudflare Workers AI
@cf/qwen/qwen3.8-27b
$0.45$3.20$0.05262Kmodels.dev, 4 Oct 2026
Nebius AI Studio
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
$0.45$3$0.45262Kmodels.dev, 4 Oct 2026
Vercel AI Gateway
alibaba/qwen3.8-27b
$0.50$3$0.101Mmodels.dev, 4 Oct 2026
Groq
qwen/qwen3.8-27b
$0.80$4–131Kmodels.dev, 4 Oct 2026
Cerebras
qwen-3.8-27b
$0.99$1.49$0.99131Kmodels.dev, 4 Oct 2026

Frequently asked questions

What is the context window of Qwen3.8 27B?

Qwen3.8 27B has a context window of 262,144 tokens (262K) and can generate up to 32,768 tokens in a single response, according to models.dev.

How much does the Qwen3.8 27B API cost?

Qwen3.8 27B is listed from $0.99 per million input tokens and $1.49 per million output tokens (Cerebras). Prices last verified 4 Oct 2026.

Is Qwen3.8 27B open source?

Qwen3.8 27B is an open-weight model: its weights are published on Hugging Face as Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B under the apache-2.0 license. Check the license terms before commercial use.

When was Qwen3.8 27B released?

Alibaba (Qwen) released Qwen3.8 27B on 14 Aug 2026, according to models.dev.

Which providers offer Qwen3.8 27B?

We track Qwen3.8 27B on 8 providers: DeepInfra, Hugging Face Inference Providers, OpenRouter, Cloudflare Workers AI, Nebius AI Studio, Vercel AI Gateway, Groq, Cerebras.

Change history

No changes detected since we started tracking this model. We re-check every source daily.

Sources