# Qwen3.6-27B vs Qwen3.8-27B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Qwen3.6-27B and Qwen3.8-27B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/qwen3-6-27b-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. Qwen3.6-27B 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 46.45.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 28.2 for Qwen3.6-27B and 61.2 for Qwen3.8-27B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SWE-bench (Vals) in Coding, with scores of 70.0% and 86.0%.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Qwen3.6-27B | Qwen3.8-27B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Alibaba | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 262K | 262K |
| Overall Score | 46.45 | 55.26 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 39 | 33 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Qwen3.8-27B
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 28.2 (Supported · #85/117)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 61.2 (Supported · #18/117)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-27B | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 59.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 72.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | 53.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| QwenWebBench | 1487 | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AndroidWorld | 70.3% | 81.9% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| Gert Labs | 54.84% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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 |
| OSWorld-Verified | Coming soon | 84.3% | Coming soon |
| WebArena-Verified | Coming soon | 64.8% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 58.4% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Qwen3.8-27B
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 37.2 (Supported · #70/142)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 48.7 (Supported · #45/142)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-27B | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 71.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 53.5% | 61.7% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 59.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench | 83.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | 36.2% | 42.3% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 70.0% | 86.0% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 73.0% | 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 |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 84.0% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 75.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 78.7 (#8/27)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Directional only
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 52.9 (#36/50)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 80.9 (#11/50)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-27B | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU | 82.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | 75.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | 84.1% | 85.9% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| DynaMath | 85.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MStar | 81.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | 56.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 78.4% | 90.2% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| CC-OCR | 81.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CountBench | 97.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| RefCOCO (avg) | 92.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ERQA | 62.5% | 65.5% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| Video-MME (with subtitle) | 87.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | 84.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MLVU (M-Avg) | 86.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| V* | 94.7% | 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 |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | Coming soon | 91.1% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 45.8 (Estimated · #77/168)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 49.2 (Supported · #63/168)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-27B | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Pro | 86.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | 93.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | 66% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| C-Eval | 91.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | 87.8% | 89.2% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| HLE | 24% | 30.8% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 89.2% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 30.8% | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 88.9% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 84.3% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 81 (#52/124)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 83.2 (#45/124)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-27B | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 79.5% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 72.1 (Unranked · 5 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6-27B | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HMMT Feb 2025 | 93.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | 90.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 84.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | 80.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | 94.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Qwen3.6-27B or Qwen3.8-27B?

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

### Where is the biggest gap between Qwen3.6-27B and Qwen3.8-27B?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 28.2 for Qwen3.6-27B and 61.2 for Qwen3.8-27B.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.6-27B cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.6-27B currently has 39 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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