# Qwen3.8 27B vs Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct

> Qwen3.8 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.0 to 38.1 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/qwen3-8-27b-vs-qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 18

## Summary

- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen3.8 27B scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.8 27B leads 41.0 to 25.5.
- Qwen3.8 27B is cheaper at $0.04 / $2.30 per million input/output tokens, against $1.50 / $7.50 for Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct.

## Snapshot

| | Qwen3.8 27B | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 46.0 | 38.1 |
| Rank | 68 | 190 |
| Context | 262K | 262K |
| Input $/M | $0.04 | $1.50 |
| Output $/M | $2.30 | $7.50 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Qwen3.8 27B: 50.5 (#44)
- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 35.5 (#223)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.8 27B | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1593 | 1275 |
| LMArena Coding | 1482 | 1412 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 55.4% |
| SciCode | 46.6% | — |
| GSO | — | 4.9% |
| WeirdML | — | 41.2% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 461.45 |
| AlgoTune | — | 1.44 |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Qwen3.8 27B: 32.9 (#57)
- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 23.9 (#123)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.8 27B | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 27.2% |
| APEX-Agents | 47.5% | — |

## Reasoning

- Qwen3.8 27B: 41.0 (#54)
- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 25.5 (#149)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.8 27B | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1460 | 1372 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 42.4% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 49.5% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 54.5% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 87.5% | — |
| CritPt | 5.4% | — |
| DTBench | 88% | — |
| LMCA | 41.4% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 45% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 149.38 | — |

## Math

- Qwen3.8 27B: 37.1 (#161)
- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 37.6 (#150)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.8 27B | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1456 | 1365 |
| ProofBench | 16% | — |

## Knowledge

- Qwen3.8 27B: 41.6 (#109)
- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 37.0 (#162)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.8 27B | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1482 | 1338 |

## Multimodal

- Qwen3.8 27B: 41.3 (#37)
- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Qwen3.8 27B | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1271 | — |

## Multilingual

- Qwen3.8 27B: 53.7 (#60)
- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 47.7 (#148)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.8 27B | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1430 | 1346 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1504 | 1357 |
| LMArena French | 1465 | 1398 |
| LMArena German | 1438 | 1325 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1384 | 1310 |
| LMArena Korean | 1393 | 1305 |
| LMArena Russian | 1415 | 1366 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1448 | 1360 |

## Instruction Following

- Qwen3.8 27B: 75.8 (#53)
- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 71.6 (#147)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.8 27B | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1439 | 1355 |

## Long Context

- Qwen3.8 27B: 44.3 (#70)
- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 42.0 (#131)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.8 27B | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1450 | 1378 |

## Writing & Preference

- Qwen3.8 27B: 65.8 (#43)
- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 55.3 (#147)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.8 27B | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1441 | 1357 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1384 | 1333 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1441 | 1365 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1671 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Qwen3.8 27B better than Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?

Qwen3.8 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.0 to 38.1 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Qwen3.8 27B or Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?

Qwen3.8 27B is cheaper. It lists at $0.04 per million input tokens and $2.30 per million output tokens; Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct lists at $1.50 and $7.50.

### Is Qwen3.8 27B or Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct better for coding?

Qwen3.8 27B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.5 versus 35.5 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 262K tokens.

### How many benchmarks do Qwen3.8 27B and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3.8 27B has 31 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has 25.