# GPT-5.4 mini vs Qwen3.8-27B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GPT-5.4 mini and Qwen3.8-27B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gpt-5-4-mini-vs-qwen3-8-27b
- Last updated: September 28, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 9
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick Qwen3.8-27B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GPT-5.4 mini only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Qwen3.8-27B leads overall 55.26 to 54.95.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 40 for GPT-5.4 mini and 78.7 for Qwen3.8-27B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SWE-bench (Vals) in Coding, with scores of 73.0% and 86.0%.
- Qwen3.8-27B is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- GPT-5.4 mini also has the larger context window at 400K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GPT-5.4 mini | Qwen3.8-27B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenAI | Alibaba |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 400K | 262K |
| Overall Score | 54.95 | 55.26 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 21 | 33 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.75 / $4.50 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Qwen3.8-27B
- GPT-5.4 mini public-lane score: 34 (Supported · #71/117)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 61.2 (Supported · #18/117)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 mini | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 60% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 72.1% | 84.3% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| MCP Atlas | 57.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | 42.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench results | 93.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 54.7% | 58.4% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 73.0% | Coming soon |
| CoWorkBench | Coming soon | 70.7% | Coming soon |
| JobBench | Coming soon | 33.4% | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | Coming soon | 42.9% | Coming soon |
| WebArena-Verified | Coming soon | 64.8% | Coming soon |
| AndroidWorld | Coming soon | 81.9% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Qwen3.8-27B
- GPT-5.4 mini public-lane score: 36.9 (Supported · #71/142)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 48.7 (Supported · #45/142)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 mini | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Vibe Code Bench | 47.97% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | 27.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 81.5% | 84.0% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 73.0% | 86.0% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 73.0% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 61.7% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 42.3% | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 42.2% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 90.3% | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | Coming soon | 82.6% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.4 mini public-lane score: 40 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 78.7 (#8/27)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 mini | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-1 | 63.70% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 18.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Directional only
- GPT-5.4 mini public-lane score: 58.3 (#33/50)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 80.9 (#11/50)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 mini | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 76.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro w/ Python | 78% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 90.0% | Coming soon |
| MathVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 94.6% | Coming soon |
| BabyVision | Coming soon | 65.7% | Coming soon |
| BabyVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 85.6% | Coming soon |
| Vision2Web | Coming soon | 62.9% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | Coming soon | 83.7% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 90.2% | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | Coming soon | 91.1% | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | Coming soon | 85.9% | Coming soon |
| ERQA | Coming soon | 65.5% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Qwen3.8-27B
- GPT-5.4 mini public-lane score: 48.4 (Supported · #65/168)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 49.2 (Supported · #63/168)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 mini | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 88% | 89.2% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| HLE | 41.5% | 30.8% | GPT-5.4 mini |
| HLE w/o tools | 28.2% | 30.8% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 83.1% | 88.9% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 84.6% | 84.3% | GPT-5.4 mini |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 89.2% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- GPT-5.4 mini public-lane score: 88.5 (#24/124)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 83.2 (#45/124)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 mini | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 79.5% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.4 mini public-lane score: 44.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 mini | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 28.280% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 2.080% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, GPT-5.4 mini or Qwen3.8-27B?

Qwen3.8-27B is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between GPT-5.4 mini and Qwen3.8-27B?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 40 for GPT-5.4 mini and 78.7 for Qwen3.8-27B.

### How many benchmarks does GPT-5.4 mini cover on BenchLM?

GPT-5.4 mini currently has 21 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.8-27B cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.8-27B currently has 33 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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