# Qwen3.8 27B FP8 URL: https://interfaze.ai/models/qwenqwen38-27b-fp8 [All models](https://interfaze.ai/models) Qwen3.8 27B FP8 by Qwen, a image-text-to-text model with multimodal capabilities. Understand and compare multimodal features, benchmarks, and capabilities. ## Comparison | Feature | Qwen3.8 27B FP8 | Interfaze | | --- | --- | --- | | Input Modalities | text, image, video | image, text, audio, video, document | | Native OCR | No | Yes | | Long Document Processing | No | Yes | | Language Support | 201 partial | 162+ | | Native Speech-to-Text | No | Yes | | Native Object Detection | No | Yes | | Guardrail Controls | Yes | Yes | | Context Input Size | 1M | 1M | | Tool Calling | Yes | Tool calling supported + built in browser, code execution and web search | ### Scaling | Feature | Qwen3.8 27B FP8 | Interfaze | | --- | --- | --- | | Scaling | Self-hosted/Provider-hosted with quantization | Unlimited | [Try Interfaze](https://interfaze.ai/dashboard)[Read the Docs](https://interfaze.ai/docs) View model card on [Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B-FP8) > \[!Note\] This repository contains FP8-quantized model weights and configuration files for the post-trained model in the Hugging Face Transformers format. > > These artifacts are compatible with Hugging Face Transformers, vLLM, SGLang, TokenSpeed, etc. > > The quantization method is fine-grained fp8 quantization with block size of 128, and its performance metrics are nearly identical to those of the original model. > \[!Tip\] For users seeking managed, scalable inference without infrastructure maintenance, the official Qwen API service is provided by [Qwen Cloud](https://www.qwencloud.com). > > In particular, **Qwen3.8-27B** will be available as a hosted version with more production features, e.g., 1M context length by default, official built-in tools. For more information, please refer to the [Qwen3.8-27B Overview](https://www.qwencloud.com/models/qwen3.8-27b). The service is coming soon. Stay tuned for updates. Following the widespread community adoption of the Qwen3.5 and Qwen3.6 series, we are pleased to introduce Qwen3.8, the most capable generation in the Qwen open-model family to date. Built on the architectural foundation of Qwen3.5, Qwen3.8 delivers substantial gains across coding, professional work, research, and long-horizon agentic tasks. Qwen3.8-27B brings these advances to a compact, deployment-friendly dense model: a native vision-language model that understands images and videos, with flexible thinking control, designed to carry complex, multi-step tasks through to completion with greater reliability. ## Qwen3.8 Highlights Qwen3.8-27B features the following enhancements: - **Core Capabilities**: Comprehensive improvements across coding, professional work, research, and long-horizon agentic tasks. - **Agent Execution**: Stronger autonomous planning and better handling of environment feedback, leading to more reliable end-to-end task completion. - **Downstream Compatibility**: Broader support for popular harnesses and development tools, making it easier to integrate into your existing stack. - **Flexible Thinking Control**: Thinking mode is on by default and can be disabled per request; reasoning depth can be tuned with `reasoning_effort`, and reasoning context from historical messages is retained via `preserve_thinking`. - **Vision-Language Understanding**: Native support for image and video understanding, from STEM diagrams and documents to hour-scale videos. ## Model Overview - Type: Causal Language Model with Vision Encoder - Training Stage: Pre-training & Post-training - Language Model - Number of Parameters: 27B - Hidden Dimension: 5120 - Token Embedding: 248,320 (Padded) - Number of Layers: 64 - Hidden Layout: 16 × (3 × (Gated DeltaNet → FFN) → 1 × (Gated Attention → FFN)) - Gated DeltaNet: - Number of Linear Attention Heads: 48 for V and 16 for QK - Head Dimension: 128 - Gated Attention: - Number of Attention Heads: 24 for Q and 4 for KV - Head Dimension: 256 - Rotary Position Embedding Dimension: 64 - Feed Forward Network: - Intermediate Dimension: 17,408 - LM Output: 248,320 (Padded) - MTP (Multi-Token Prediction): trained with multiple steps - Context Length: 262,144 natively and extensible up to 1,000,000 tokens. ## Benchmark Results ### Text Performance ### VL Performance ## Quickstart For streamlined integration, we recommend using Qwen3.8 via APIs. ### Serving Qwen3.8 > \[!Important\] Inference efficiency and throughput vary significantly across frameworks. We recommend using the latest framework versions to ensure optimal performance and compatibility. For production workloads or high-throughput scenarios, dedicated serving engines such as SGLang, vLLM, or TokenSpeed are recommended. Qwen3.8 can be deployed with popular inference frameworks, e.g.: - [SGLang](https://www.sglang.io/): [Qwen3.8 Cookbook](https://docs.sglang.io/cookbook/autoregressive/Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B) - [vLLM](https://vllm.ai/): [Qwen3.8 Recipe](https://recipes.vllm.ai/Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B) - [TokenSpeed](https://lightseek.org/tokenspeed/): [Qwen3.8 Recipe](https://lightseek.org/tokenspeed/recipes/models#qwen3-8) ### API Usage > \[!Important\] Qwen3.8 models operate in thinking mode by default, generating thinking content signified by `\n...\n\n` before producing the final response. To disable thinking content and obtain a direct response, refer to the examples [here](https://interfaze.ai/models/qwenqwen38-27b-fp8#instruct-or-non-thinking-mode). > \[!Tip\] We recommend using the following sets of sampling parameters for generation: > > - Thinking Mode: `temperature=1.0`, `top_p=0.95`, `top_k=20`, `min_p=0.0`, `presence_penalty=0.0`, `repetition_penalty=1.0` > - Instruct (or non-thinking) mode: `temperature=0.7`, `top_p=0.80`, `top_k=20`, `min_p=0.0`, `presence_penalty=1.5`, `repetition_penalty=1.0` > > Please note that the support for sampling parameters varies according to inference frameworks. Qwen3.8 comes with official support for `reasoning_effort`, which can be used to adjust reasoning depth and control cost: - `xhigh` (default): for complex tasks demanding thorough analysis - `medium`: balancing accuracy and speed - `low`: efficient reasoning optimizing for speed and cost In addition, `preserve_thinking` is enabled by default for all workloads for the best out-of-the-box experience. To disable preserved thinking, refer to the examples [here](https://interfaze.ai/models/qwenqwen38-27b-fp8#disable-preserved-thinking). > \[!Tip\] In multi-turn agentic tasks, lower reasoning effort does not always reduce overall task completion time. Although it may produce faster per-turn responses, it can also lead to insufficient analysis, more failures, and repeated retries, which may increase total latency and token consumption. #### Chat Completions API The Chat Completions API can be used with most inference frameworks, as well as [Qwen Cloud](https://www.qwencloud.com/). Before starting, make sure the OpenAI Python SDK is installed and the API key and the API base URL are configured, e.g.: ``` pip install -U openai export OPENAI_BASE_URL='your-base-url' export OPENAI_API_KEY='your-api-key' ``` ##### Text-Only Input ``` from openai import OpenAI client = OpenAI() messages = [{"role": "user", "content": "Write a Python function to merge two sorted linked lists."}] completion = client.chat.completions.create( model="Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B-FP8", messages=messages, extra_body={ "chat_template_kwargs": { "enable_thinking": True, # on by default "preserve_thinking": True, # on by default }, }, reasoning_effort="xhigh", # xhigh by default; supported levels are xhigh, medium, and low stream=True, stream_options={"include_usage": True}, ) reasoning_content = "" answer_content = "" is_answering = False print("\n" + "=" * 20 + "Reasoning" + "=" * 20 + "\n") for chunk in completion: if not chunk.choices: print("\nUsage:") print(chunk.usage) continue delta = chunk.choices[0].delta if hasattr(delta, "reasoning_content") and delta.reasoning_content is not None: if not is_answering: print(delta.reasoning_content, end="", flush=True) reasoning_content += delta.reasoning_content elif hasattr(delta, "reasoning") and delta.reasoning is not None: if not is_answering: print(delta.reasoning, end="", flush=True) reasoning_content += delta.reasoning if hasattr(delta, "content") and delta.content: if not is_answering: print("\n" + "=" * 20 + "Answer" + "=" * 20 + "\n") is_answering = True print(delta.content, end="", flush=True) answer_content += delta.content messages.append({ "role": "assistant", "content": answer_content, "reasoning_content": reasoning_content, "reasoning": reasoning_content, }) ``` ##### Image Input ``` from openai import OpenAI client = OpenAI() messages = [ { "role": "user", "content": [ { "type": "image_url", "image_url": { "url": "https://qianwen-res.oss-accelerate.aliyuncs.com/Qwen3.5/demo/CI_Demo/mathv-1327.jpg" } }, { "type": "text", "text": "The centres of the four illustrated circles are in the corners of the square. The two big circles touch each other and also the two little circles. With which factor do you have to multiply the radii of the little circles to obtain the radius of the big circles?\nChoices:\n(A) $\\frac{2}{9}$\n(B) $\\sqrt{5}$\n(C) $0.8 \\cdot \\pi$\n(D) 2.5\n(E) $1+\\sqrt{2}$" } ] } ] chat_response = client.chat.completions.create( model="Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B-FP8", messages=messages, ) print("Chat response:", chat_response) ``` ##### Video Input ``` from openai import OpenAI client = OpenAI() messages = [ { "role": "user", "content": [ { "type": "video_url", "video_url": { "url": "https://qianwen-res.oss-accelerate.aliyuncs.com/Qwen3.5/demo/video/N1cdUjctpG8.mp4" } }, { "type": "text", "text": "How many porcelain jars were discovered in the niches located in the primary chamber of the tomb?" } ] } ] chat_response = client.chat.completions.create( model="Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B", messages=messages, ) print("Chat response:", chat_response) ``` ##### Instruct (or Non-Thinking) Mode Qwen3.8-27B will think by default before responding. You can obtain a direct response from the model without thinking by configuring the API parameters. For example, ``` from openai import OpenAI client = OpenAI() messages = [ { "role": "user", "content": [ { "type": "image_url", "image_url": { "url": "https://qianwen-res.oss-accelerate.aliyuncs.com/Qwen3.5/demo/RealWorld/RealWorld-04.png" } }, { "type": "text", "text": "Where is this?" } ] } ] chat_response = client.chat.completions.create( model="Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B-FP8", messages=messages, temperature=0.7, top_p=0.8, presence_penalty=1.5, extra_body={ "top_k": 20, "chat_template_kwargs": {"enable_thinking": False}, }, ) print("Chat response:", chat_response) ``` > \[!Note\] If you are using APIs from Qwen Cloud, in addition to changing `model`, please use `"enable_thinking": False` instead of `"chat_template_kwargs": {"enable_thinking": False}`. ##### Disable Preserved Thinking By default, Qwen3.8 retains thinking blocks from all historical messages, maintaining a complete reasoning trace across the conversation. This behavior, known as preserved thinking, ensures full context continuity and is especially beneficial for agent scenarios where decision consistency and reduced redundant reasoning are critical. It also improves KV cache utilization, optimizing inference efficiency in both thinking and non-thinking modes. If you prefer to retain only the thinking blocks from the latest user message, you can disable this behavior by setting `preserve_thinking` to `False`: ``` from openai import OpenAI client = OpenAI() messages = [...] chat_response = client.chat.completions.create( model="Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B-FP8", messages=messages, extra_body={ "chat_template_kwargs": {"preserve_thinking": False}, }, ) print("Chat response:", chat_response) ``` > \[!Note\] If you are using APIs from Qwen Cloud, in addition to changing `model`, please use `"preserve_thinking": False` directly instead of wrapping it in `chat_template_kwargs`. ## Best Practices To achieve optimal performance, we recommend the following settings: 1. **Sampling Parameters**: We suggest using the following sets of sampling parameters: - Thinking Mode: `temperature=1.0`, `top_p=0.95`, `top_k=20`, `min_p=0.0`, `presence_penalty=0.0`, `repetition_penalty=1.0` - Instruct (or non-thinking) mode: `temperature=0.7`, `top_p=0.80`, `top_k=20`, `min_p=0.0`, `presence_penalty=1.5`, `repetition_penalty=1.0` For supported frameworks, you can adjust the `presence_penalty` parameter between 0 and 2 to reduce endless repetition. However, using a higher value may occasionally result in language mixing and a slight decrease in model performance. 2. **Adequate Output Length**: To optimize performance on agentic tasks, we recommend allocating sufficient output length to allow the model to generate detailed and comprehensive responses. For frameworks that support separate token limits for internal reasoning and final outputs, we suggest the following configuration within the 1M context length: - Reasoning Content: Set the maximum output length to 262,144 tokens. - Final Response: Set the maximum output length to 131,072 tokens. These settings provide the necessary capacity for complex reasoning while ensuring ample space for high-quality final deliverables. 3. **Processing Ultra-Long Texts**: Qwen3.8-27B natively supports context lengths of up to 262,144 tokens. For long-horizon tasks where the total length (including both input and output) exceeds this limit, we recommend using RoPE scaling techniques to handle long texts effectively, e.g., YaRN. YaRN is currently supported by several inference frameworks, e.g., vLLM, SGLang, and TokenSpeed. In general, there are two approaches to enabling YaRN for supported frameworks: - Modifying the model configuration file: In the `config.json` file, change the `rope_parameters` fields in `text_config` to: ``` { "mrope_interleaved": true, "mrope_section": [ 11, 11, 10 ], "rope_type": "yarn", "rope_theta": 10000000, "partial_rotary_factor": 0.25, "factor": 4.0, "original_max_position_embeddings": 262144, } ``` - Passing command line arguments: For vLLM, you can use ``` VLLM_ALLOW_LONG_MAX_MODEL_LEN=1 vllm serve ... --hf-overrides '{"text_config": {"rope_parameters": {"mrope_interleaved": true, "mrope_section": [11, 11, 10], "rope_type": "yarn", "rope_theta": 10000000, "partial_rotary_factor": 0.25, "factor": 4.0, "original_max_position_embeddings": 262144}}}' --max-model-len 1000000 ``` For SGLang, you can use ``` SGLANG_ALLOW_OVERWRITE_LONGER_CONTEXT_LEN=1 python -m sglang.launch_server ... --json-model-override-args '{"text_config": {"rope_parameters": {"mrope_interleaved": true, "mrope_section": [11, 11, 10], "rope_type": "yarn", "rope_theta": 10000000, "partial_rotary_factor": 0.25, "factor": 4.0, "original_max_position_embeddings": 262144}}}' --context-length 1000000 ``` For TokenSpeed, you can use ``` TOKENSPEED_ALLOW_OVERWRITE_LONGER_CONTEXT_LEN=1 tokenspeed serve ... --hf-overrides '{"text_config": {"rope_parameters": {"mrope_interleaved": true, "mrope_section": [11, 11, 10], "rope_type": "yarn", "rope_theta": 10000000, "partial_rotary_factor": 0.25, "factor": 4.0, "original_max_position_embeddings": 262144}}}' --max-model-len 1000000 ``` > \[!NOTE\] All the notable open-source frameworks implement static YaRN, which means the scaling factor remains constant regardless of input length, **potentially impacting performance on shorter texts.** We advise modifying the `rope_parameters` configuration only when processing long contexts is required. It is also recommended to modify the `factor` as needed. For example, if the typical context length for your application is 524,288 tokens, it would be better to set `factor` as 2.0. 4. **Long Video Understanding**: To optimize inference efficiency for plain text and images, the `size` parameter in the released `video_preprocessor_config.json` is conservatively configured. It is recommended to set the `longest_edge` parameter in the video\_preprocessor\_config file to 469,762,048 (corresponding to 224k video tokens) to enable higher frame-rate sampling for hour-scale videos and thereby achieve superior performance. For example, ``` {"longest_edge": 469762048, "shortest_edge": 4096} ``` Alternatively, override the default values via engine startup parameters. For implementation details, refer to: [vLLM](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/pull/34330) / [SGLang](https://github.com/sgl-project/sglang/pull/18467). ## Citation If you find our work helpful, feel free to give us a cite. ``` @misc{qwen38, title = {{Qwen3.8-Max}: A New Bar for Coding and Cowork}, url = {https://qwen.ai/blog?id=qwen3.8}, author = {{Qwen Team}}, month = {August}, year = {2026} } ``` ## Want more deterministic results? [Try Interfaze](https://interfaze.ai/dashboard)[Read the Docs](https://interfaze.ai/docs)