Qwen3.8 27B vs Claude 4.5 Haiku: Release Comparison
Comparison of the Qwen3.8 27B and Claude 4.5 Haiku releases: 4 and 2 models respectively, each with different intelligence, performance, and pricing characteristics. Below is a comparison of the key metrics across all 6 models.
- For intelligence, Qwen3.8 27B scores highest: Qwen3.8 27B (xhigh) at 34, against Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning) at 17 for Claude 4.5 Haiku.
- For output speed, Claude 4.5 Haiku is fastest: Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning) at 104 t/s, against Qwen3.8 27B (low) at 51 t/s for Qwen3.8 27B.
- For cost per task, Claude 4.5 Haiku is cheapest: Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning) at $0.21, against Qwen3.8 27B (xhigh) at $0.82 for Qwen3.8 27B.
Releases compared
Intelligence
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Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Cost per Task (USD, Log Scale)
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Cost per Intelligence Index Task
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Capability Scores
Capability Indexes
Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Humanity's Last Exam, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, MLCR-AA, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, CritPt, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Terminal-Bench 4.0 · Higher is better
Incorporates 5 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, AA-LCR v1.1 · Higher is better
Further details
Input modality | Output modality | Weights | Provider Benchmarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Qwen3.8 27B (xhigh) |  Alibaba | 34 | 34 | 37 | 35 | 34 | 33 | 43 | $0.82 | $0.4 | $0.50 | $3.00 | $0.05 | $1,170 | 67k | 48k | 198M | 41 | 4.00s | 52.49s | 64.61s | 1340.79s | 27B | 256k | Aug 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text, image, and video | Supports: text |   +2 | |||
| Qwen3.8 27B (medium) | Alibaba | 28 | 28 | 34 | 27 | - | 25 | 31 | $0.90 | $0.4 | $0.50 | $3.00 | $0.05 | $977 | 52k | 32k | 113M | 49 | 3.86s | 44.49s | 54.65s | 999.15s | 27B | 256k | Aug 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text, image, and video | Supports: text |  | |||
| Qwen3.8 27B (low) | Alibaba | 26 | 27 | 29 | 28 | - | 24 | 32 | $0.83 | $0.4 | $0.50 | $3.00 | $0.05 | $876 | 45k | 26k | 82M | 51 | 3.84s | 43.06s | 52.86s | 834.86s | 27B | 256k | Aug 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text, image, and video | Supports: text | | |||
| Qwen3.8 27B (Non-reasoning) | Alibaba | 20 | 19 | 16 | 22 | - | 22 | 30 | $1.91 | $0.4 | $0.50 | $3.00 | $0.05 | $1,570 | 30k | 0 | 43M | 49 | 3.87s | 3.87s | 14.06s | 560.61s | 27B | 256k | Aug 2026 | - | No | Supports: text, image, and video | Supports: text | | |||
| Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning) |  Anthropic | 17 | 15 | 10 | 19 | 16 | 19 | 26 | $0.21 | $0.8 | $1.00 | $5.00 | $0.10 | $524 | 18k | 8k | 78M | 104 | 21.02s | 21.02s | 25.84s | 136.25s | - | 200k | Oct 2025 | Jul 2025 | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - |    | |
| Claude 4.5 Haiku (Non-reasoning) | Anthropic | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $0.8 | $1.00 | $5.00 | $0.10 | - | - | - | - | 85 | 0.63s | 0.63s | 6.51s | - | - | 200k | Oct 2025 | Jul 2025 | No | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |