Qwen3.8-27B
AlibabaOpenApache 2.0
Qwen3.8-27B is a vision-language model from Alibaba. It ranks 44 of 167 on LMArena’s overall vision board with 1269±8 from 7,614 votes. Its best category is OCR (#44 of 123). License: Apache 2.0.
Key figures
- Developer
- Alibaba
- License
- Apache 2.0
- First seen (our snapshots)
- 2026-10-26
No data: Captioning, Entity recognition.
Who it suits
- Overall #44 of 167: upper half.
- Strongest category: OCR (#44 of 123).
- Open weights (Apache 2.0): you can self-host it.
Neighbours on the overall board
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License | Δ vs this model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 |  Claude Sonnet 5 (High) Anthropic | 1273 | 14,034 | Proprietary | +4 |
| 42 |  Mistral Large 4 Mistral | 1272 | 1,008 | Proprietary | +3 |
| 43 |  GPT-5.6 Terra (xHigh) OpenAI | 1271 | 11,842 | Proprietary | +2 |
| 44 | Qwen3.8-27B Alibaba | 1269 | 7,614 | Apache 2.0 | |
| 45 |  Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite Google | 1269 | 9,238 | Proprietary | +0 |
| 46 |  Kimi K2.5 (Thinking) Moonshot AI | 1269 | 28,249 | Modified MIT | +0 |
| 47 | GPT-5.2 Chat (20260210) OpenAI | 1268 | 16,465 | Proprietary | -1 |
Alternatives · More from Alibaba
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Qwen3.8-Max Alibaba | 1313 | 9,957 | Proprietary |
| 37 | Qwen3.7-Plus Alibaba | 1278 | 14,212 | Proprietary |
| 54 | Qwen3.5-397B-A17B Alibaba | 1262 | 32,657 | Apache 2.0 |
| 67 | Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct Alibaba | 1247 | 12,724 | Apache 2.0 |
| 70 | Qwen3.5-122B-A10B Alibaba | 1244 | 13,236 | Apache 2.0 |
Alternatives · Top open-weight models
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 |  GLM-5.3-Flash Z.ai | 1294 | 16,254 | MIT |
| 34 | Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI | 1282 | 16,368 | Modified MIT |
| 38 |  DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-20260910 (Max) DeepSeek | 1278 | 4,100 | MIT |
| 39 | Gemma 4 31B Google | 1276 | 40,219 | Apache 2.0 |
| 46 | Kimi K2.5 (Thinking) Moonshot AI | 1269 | 28,249 | Modified MIT |
How to read these scores
- If two scores differ by less than their ± intervals, the models are statistically close.
- Each category board is computed independently; do not compare scores across categories.
- Models with few votes move more; ranks of new entries may change.
FAQ
Where does Qwen3.8-27B rank among vision models?
Overall rank 44 (1269); OCR rank 44 (1281); Diagrams rank 46 (1285); Homework rank 43 (1295); Creative writing rank 60 (1237); Humor rank 56 (1235); English rank 53 (1267); Chinese rank 40 (1326) (LMArena, data as of Oct 26, 2026).
How good is Qwen3.8-27B at OCR?
Qwen3.8-27B ranks 44 of 123 on LMArena’s OCR board with 1281 (5,124 votes).
Is Qwen3.8-27B better with Chinese or English prompts?
Chinese board: #40 of 128 (1326); English board: #53 of 167 (1267). The boards are computed separately, so compare ranks rather than scores.
Is Qwen3.8-27B open-weight?
LMArena lists its license as Apache 2.0, not proprietary; check the license text for commercial use.
How far is Qwen3.8-27B from #1?
#1 overall is Claude Fable 5 (High) (1325); Qwen3.8-27B has 1269, 56 points behind.
Sources
LMArena data published Oct 19, 2026.
Synced here Oct 26, 2026.
Price, context length and release date have no reliable public data here and are not shown; all figures come from snapshots, blanks are –.