Model comparison
Claude 2 vs Qwen3.8 27B
Qwen3.8 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.0 to 25.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 2 scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.8 27B in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.8 27B leads 37.1 to 9.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 51.9% for Claude 2 and 88% for Qwen3.8 27B.
- Qwen3.8 27B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude 2 | Qwen3.8 27B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 25.0 | 46.0 |
| Released | 2023-07-11 | 2026-08-14 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.99 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.49 |
| Results tracked | 8 | 31 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Qwen3.8 27B: 50.5 (#44)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1593 |
| SciCode | — | 46.6% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1482 |
| HumanEval+ | 61.6% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Qwen3.8 27B: 32.9 (#57)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 47.5% |
Reasoning Qwen3.8 27B leads
Claude 2: 21.7 (#216), Qwen3.8 27B: 41.0 (#54)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| DTBench | 51.9% | 88% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.13 | 149.38 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 42.4% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 54.5% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 87.5% |
| CritPt | — | 5.4% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1460 |
| LMCA | — | 41.4% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 45% |
Math Qwen3.8 27B leads
Claude 2: 9.3 (#320), Qwen3.8 27B: 37.1 (#161)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | — |
| ProofBench | — | 16% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1456 |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3.8 27B leads
Claude 2: 16.9 (#287), Qwen3.8 27B: 41.6 (#109)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 34.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1482 |
| MMLU | 78.5% | — |
| TriviaQA | 87.5% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Qwen3.8 27B: 41.3 (#37)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1271 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Qwen3.8 27B: 53.7 (#60)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1430 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1504 |
| LMArena French | — | 1465 |
| LMArena German | — | 1438 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1384 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1393 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1415 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1448 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Qwen3.8 27B: 75.8 (#53)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1439 |
Long Context Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Qwen3.8 27B: 44.3 (#70)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1450 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Qwen3.8 27B: 65.8 (#43)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1441 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1384 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1671 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1441 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 2 better than Qwen3.8 27B?
Qwen3.8 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.0 to 25.0 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Claude 2 and Qwen3.8 27B share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 2 has 8 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.8 27B has 31.