# Qwen3.8-27B vs ZAYA1-8B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Qwen3.8-27B and ZAYA1-8B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/qwen3-8-27b-vs-zaya1-8b
- Last updated: September 28, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick Qwen3.8-27B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. ZAYA1-8B 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 30.83.
- The clearest category separation is in instruction following, where the averages are 83.2 for Qwen3.8-27B and 23.5 for ZAYA1-8B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is IFBench in Instruction Following, with scores of 79.5% and 52.6%.
- Qwen3.8-27B also has the larger context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Qwen3.8-27B | ZAYA1-8B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Alibaba | Zyphra |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 262K | 131K |
| Overall Score | 55.26 | 30.83 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 33 | 11 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 61.2 (Supported · #18/117)
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.8-27B | ZAYA1-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 73.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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 |
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 39.2% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 48.7 (Supported · #45/142)
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.8-27B | ZAYA1-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 73.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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% | 65.8% | 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 |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 78.7 (#8/27)
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: Coming soon

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 80.9 (#11/50)
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3.8-27B | ZAYA1-8B | 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 |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 49.2 (Supported · #63/168)
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: 32.4 (Estimated · #129/168)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.8-27B | ZAYA1-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 89.2% | 71% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| GPQA-D | 89.2% | 71.0% | 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-Pro | Coming soon | 74.2% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Qwen3.8-27B
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 83.2 (#45/124)
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: 23.5 (#121/124)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.8-27B | ZAYA1-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 79.5% | 52.6% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| IFEval | Coming soon | 85.6% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: Coming soon
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: 61.3 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.8-27B | ZAYA1-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 89.1% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 71.6% | Coming soon |
| IMOAnswerBench | Coming soon | 59.3% | Coming soon |
| Apex | Coming soon | 32.2% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Qwen3.8-27B or ZAYA1-8B?

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

### Where is the biggest gap between Qwen3.8-27B and ZAYA1-8B?

The widest category gap is in instruction following, where the averages are 83.2 for Qwen3.8-27B and 23.5 for ZAYA1-8B.

### 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 ZAYA1-8B cover on BenchLM?

ZAYA1-8B currently has 11 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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