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Qwen3.5-35B-A3B vs Qwen3.8 27B
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Winner summary
Qwen3.8 27B wins on 5/5 benchmarks
Qwen3.8 27B wins 5 of 5 shared benchmarks. Leads in speed · arena · general.
Category leads
speed·Qwen3.8 27Barena·Qwen3.8 27Bgeneral·Qwen3.8 27B
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
#122 by perf·#2 by attention
Qwen3.8 27B
#111 by perf·#2 by attention
Best value
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
2.5x better value than Qwen3.8 27B
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
88.5 pts/$
$0.57/M
Qwen3.8 27B
35.2 pts/$
$1.49/M
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
5 benchmarks · 2 models
Qwen3.5-35B-A3BQwen3.8 27B
Artificial Analysis · Quality Index
Qwen3.8 27B leads by +10.3
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
23.4
Qwen3.8 27B
33.7
Chatbot Arena Elo · Coding
Qwen3.8 27B leads by +337.8
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
1253.4
Qwen3.8 27B
1591.2
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall
Qwen3.8 27B leads by +43.9
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
1393.8
Qwen3.8 27B
1437.7
Dtbench
Qwen3.8 27B leads by +13.3
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
66.7
Qwen3.8 27B
80.0
Lmca
Qwen3.8 27B leads by +14.0
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
34.7
Qwen3.8 27B
48.7
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
Artificial Analysis · Quality Index | 23.4 | 33.7 |
Chatbot Arena Elo · Coding | 1253.4 | 1591.2 |
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall | 1393.8 | 1437.7 |
Dtbench | 66.7 | 80.0 |
Lmca | 34.7 | 48.7 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.15 | $1.00 | 262K tokens (~131 books) | $3.63 | |
| $0.42 | $2.55 | 1.0M tokens (~500 books) | $9.56 |