Qwen3.8 27B

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Qwen3.8 27B is an Apache-licensed dense vision-language checkpoint for text, image and video understanding.

Key specifications

Specification score
45.2
Context window
262.14K
License
Apache 2.0
Parameters
27B

The specification score summarizes recorded features and limits. It is not a benchmark result.

Inputs and outputs

Recorded modality support shows what this model can accept and produce. An undocumented modality is shown as unknown rather than assumed to be unsupported.

Accepts

  • Text input
  • Image input
  • Video input

Produces

  • Text output

Capabilities

ReasoningVisionStreamingOpen weights

What is Qwen3.8 27B?

Qwen3.8 27B is an Apache-licensed dense vision-language checkpoint for text, image and video understanding.

Native context and thinking controls

The downloadable model has 27 billion parameters and a native 262,144-token context. The model card describes extending the context to one million tokens with the appropriate serving configuration. Thinking is enabled by default and can be disabled; reasoning effort and preserved thinking are separate controls. A managed version announced by the publisher is described as coming soon, so hosted features should not be assumed to exist in a local checkpoint.

Where to try it

Use the model for an assistant that reads supplied code, documents or visual evidence and returns text. A useful trial includes a repository issue, a diagram question and a video question whose answer depends on a particular moment. Check answers against the supplied material and include cases where the requested fact is missing.

Serving the checkpoint

Choose a serving engine that supports the model’s architecture and multimodal processor. Context length, image resolution, video sampling and concurrent requests all affect memory use. Test the native context first before enabling long-context scaling. Preserve the model’s chat template and match the thinking configuration to your application. Downloadable weights do not establish a hosted token price; budget hardware and operations separately. For document extraction, use a fixed output schema in the application and validate extracted values against the original page.

Sources

Publisher documentation

How to evaluate Qwen3.8 27B

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Tasks and inputs

Qwen3.8 27B is listed for Image-text-to-text, Text generation, Video-text-to-text. It accepts text, image, video and produces text. Use the publisher’s input format and preprocessing for your chosen deployment.

Capacity and cost

Documented limits: 262.14K context. Measure a completed task using the prompts, documents and tools your application will use. Include reasoning and retries in the result.

Choosing a deployment

The weights are downloadable under Apache 2.0. Check runtime support and size the complete model and working context for your expected concurrency.

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