# Qwen3.8-27B vs Ternary Bonsai 2 27B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Qwen3.8-27B and Ternary Bonsai 2 27B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/qwen3-8-27b-vs-ternary-bonsai-2-27b
- Last updated: September 18, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick Qwen3.8-27B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Ternary Bonsai 2 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 64.29 to 50.78.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 63.6 for Qwen3.8-27B and 49.9 for Ternary Bonsai 2 27B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.1 in Agentic, with scores of 73.0% and 52.8%.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Qwen3.8-27B | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Alibaba | Prism ML |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 262K | 262K |
| Overall Score | 64.29 | 50.78 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 33 | 21 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 63.6 (Supported · #12/154)
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 49.9 (Estimated · #59/154)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.8-27B | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 73.0% | 52.8% | 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 |
| τ²-bench results | Coming soon | 80.2% | Coming soon |
| BFCL v3 | Coming soon | 74.9% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 53.8 (Supported · #42/154)
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 49.9 (Estimated · #64/154)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.8-27B | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 73.0% | 52.8% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| SWE-bench Pro | 61.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | 42.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | 42.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 90.3% | 90.1% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| 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 |
| BigCodeBench | Coming soon | 58.1% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 60.8% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 79.8 (#11/48)
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.8-27B | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | 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% | 80.1% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| ERQA | 65.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv (overall) | Coming soon | 80.0% | Coming soon |
| A-OKVQA | Coming soon | 86.8% | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.6 | Coming soon | 89.1% | Coming soon |
| OCRBench V2 | Coming soon | 56.9% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 77.4 (#7/20)
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 73.9 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 54.1 (Supported · #59/184)
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 50.6 (Estimated · #78/184)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.8-27B | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 89.2% | 85.8% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| GPQA-D | 89.2% | 85.8% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| 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 |
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 89.1% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Qwen3.8-27B
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 83.2 (#45/124)
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 71 (#64/124)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.8-27B | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 79.5% | 74% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| IFEval | Coming soon | 91.3% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B public-lane score: 76.8 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.8-27B | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GSM8K | Coming soon | 96.7% | Coming soon |
| MATH-500 | Coming soon | 98.8% | Coming soon |
| AIME 2025 | Coming soon | 95% | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 95.8% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Qwen3.8-27B or Ternary Bonsai 2 27B?

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

### Where is the biggest gap between Qwen3.8-27B and Ternary Bonsai 2 27B?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 63.6 for Qwen3.8-27B and 49.9 for Ternary Bonsai 2 27B.

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

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

### How many benchmarks does Ternary Bonsai 2 27B cover on BenchLM?

Ternary Bonsai 2 27B currently has 21 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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