# Qwen3.8-27B vs Step 3.7 Flash

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Qwen3.8-27B and Step 3.7 Flash across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/qwen3-8-27b-vs-step-3-7-flash
- Last updated: September 28, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 3
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Qwen3.8-27B and Step 3.7 Flash share only 3 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 3 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Qwen3.8-27B has the lower published output-token price.
- Qwen3.8-27B has the larger published context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Qwen3.8-27B | Step 3.7 Flash |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Alibaba | StepFun |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 262K | 256K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 55.26 | 41.35 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 33 | 11 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.20 / $1.15 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 61.2 (Supported · #18/117)
- Step 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 35.6 (Estimated · #64/117)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.8-27B | Step 3.7 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 73.0% | 59.5% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| CoWorkBench | 70.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 33.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | 42.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 84.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| WebArena-Verified | 64.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AndroidWorld | 81.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 58.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 75.8% | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | Coming soon | 92.8% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | Coming soon | 49.5% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 67.1% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 47.2% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 51.57% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 48.7 (Supported · #45/142)
- Step 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 32.2 (Estimated · #88/142)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.8-27B | Step 3.7 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 73.0% | 59.5% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| SWE-bench Pro | 61.7% | 56.3% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| NL2Repo | 42.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | 42.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 90.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | 82.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 84.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 86.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 78.7 (#8/27)
- Step 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 73 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 80.9 (#11/50)
- Step 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 72 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.8-27B | Step 3.7 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MathVision | 90.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MathVision w/ Python | 94.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BabyVision | 65.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BabyVision w/ Python | 85.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vision2Web | 62.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 83.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 90.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | 91.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | 85.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ERQA | 65.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | Coming soon | 79.2% | Coming soon |
| V* | Coming soon | 95.3% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 49.2 (Supported · #63/168)
- Step 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 43.2 (Estimated · #84/168)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.8-27B | Step 3.7 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 89.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 89.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 30.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 30.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 88.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 84.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 83.2 (#45/124)
- Step 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 80.6 (#53/124)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.8-27B | Step 3.7 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 79.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Qwen3.8-27B and Step 3.7 Flash?

Not yet. The models share only 3 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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## Explore More

- [Qwen3.8-27B profile](/models/qwen3-8-27b)
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