Qwen3.8 27B scores 52 on Artificial Analysis, ranking #1 among open-weight models

Qwen3.8 27B scores 52 on Artificial Analysis

Alibaba's Qwen3.8 27B, released August 2026, tops the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index with a score of 52 across 135 models. The index aggregates 9 evals covering agentic tasks, coding, scientific reasoning, and knowledge. The model is very verbose—160M output tokens, nearly 4× the median. API pricing shows $0; the post doesn't clarify whether this is a free tier or missing data. Weights are on Hugging Face under Apache 2.0, with text+image input and a 256k-token context window.

Why it matters: Qwen3.8 27B hits #1 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index with a score of 52, the highest among open-weight models. Solid data with concrete numbers and a deployment caveat, hitting all three HKR axes. Not scoring higher because this is a third-party benchmark rather t...