Alibaba · llm model
Qwen3.8-27B
Qwen3.8-27B is Alibaba's latest language model in our dataset, released Aug 14, 2026. Open weights (Apache-2.0). Alibaba's 27B dense open-weights Qwen3.8 model under Apache 2.0, the small Qwen3.8 you can self-host. Verified against vendor sources on Oct 26, 2026.
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- ReleasedAug 14, 2026
- Context window262K262,144 tokens
- LicenceOpen weightsApache-2.0
Modalities not verified
Key facts
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Alibaba | n/a |
| Released | Aug 14, 2026 Hugging Face availability date per the Qwen3.8 README. | source |
| Status | generally available | n/a |
| API id | Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B | source |
| Context window | 262,144 tokens (262K) Native; extensible to 1,000,000 tokens per the model card. | source |
| Parameters | 27B total, dense | source |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 (open weights) | source |
Where Qwen3.8-27B sits in our data
- Released Aug 14, 2026 (week 33 of 2026), in August 2026. Other models in our data released that month: Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash, Gemini 3.5 Transcribe, GLM-5.3-Flash, GLM-5.3, Grok 4.6, Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B.
- The previous Alibaba model we track is Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B (Aug 12, 2026), 2 days earlier.
- Of the 60 models in our data with a published context window, Qwen3.8-27B has the number 43 largest (262K tokens). Our data is not every model on the market.
- All releases by date: AI model releases by month · new AI models this week. Choosing for code: best LLM for coding.
How Qwen3.8-27B differs from Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B
Read from the recorded facts of the two models, not from a head-to-head test. We have not run either.
- Both list a 262K-token context window.
- Qwen3.8-27B came out 2 days after Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B.
- Facts for the other model: Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B.
What we tested
Nothing yet. We have not run Qwen3.8-27B ourselves, so every fact on this page is Reported from the sources below. When we do test it, the scope will be stated here and in our test logs. See methodology.
Not verified, left out
We could not confirm these on a vendor page, so we do not state them.
- Modalities were not captured. Alibaba says a hosted version with 1M context by default is coming; its price was not verified.
Sources
More from Alibaba
- Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B (Aug 12, 2026)
- Qwen3.6-27B (Apr 22, 2026)