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title: "Qwen3.8 27B"
description: "Qwen's compact 27B dense open model that reads text, images and video."
canonical: "https://vetted.tools/models/qwen3-8-27b"
source: "https://vetted.tools/models/qwen3-8-27b.md"
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# Qwen3.8 27B

Qwen's compact 27B dense open model that reads text, images and video.

Source: https://vetted.tools/models/qwen3-8-27b

- Slug: `qwen3-8-27b`
- By [Alibaba Cloud](https://vetted.tools/companies/alibaba-cloud) ([qwen.ai](https://qwen.ai), checked 2026-09-26)
- Official page: [https://qwen.ai](https://qwen.ai)

## Facts

- License: apache-2.0 ([Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B), checked 2026-09-25)
- Capabilities: Reasoning, Tool use, Vision, Implicit caching, Video input, File input, Explicit caching, Structured output ([Vercel AI Gateway](https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1/models), checked 2026-09-25)
- Context window: 1M tokens (1,000,000) ([Vercel AI Gateway](https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1/models), checked 2026-09-25)
- Gateway ID: alibaba/qwen3.8-27b ([Vercel AI Gateway](https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1/models), checked 2026-09-25)
- Input: $0.50 per 1M tokens ([Vercel AI Gateway](https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1/models), checked 2026-09-25)
- Max output: 131K tokens (131,072) ([Vercel AI Gateway](https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1/models), checked 2026-09-25)
- Takes: Text, image, PDF, video ([Vercel AI Gateway](https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1/models), checked 2026-09-25)
- Returns: Text ([Vercel AI Gateway](https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1/models), checked 2026-09-25)
- No training on prompts: Offered by some providers on the Vercel AI Gateway, when you turn it on ([Vercel AI Gateway](https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1/models), checked 2026-09-25)
- Output: $3 per 1M tokens ([Vercel AI Gateway](https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1/models), checked 2026-09-25)
- Released: Aug 14, 2026 ([Vercel AI Gateway](https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1/models), checked 2026-09-25)
- Type: Language ([Vercel AI Gateway](https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1/models), checked 2026-09-25)
- Zero data retention: Available on a paid Vercel plan through the AI Gateway, from some providers on it (you turn it on) ([Vercel AI Gateway](https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1/models), checked 2026-09-25)

## Usage

- 6,765,008 downloads on [Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B) over the 30 days to 2026-09-25.
- 58,477,185 requests and 1,302,780,065,784 tokens on [OpenRouter](https://openrouter.ai/qwen/qwen3.8-27b) over the 31 days to 2026-09-25.

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