$ diff qwen-3-8-27b laguna-s-2-1
Qwen 3.8 27B vs Laguna S 2.1
Values come from Qwen 3.8 27B and Laguna S 2.1, where each is cited to its source. This page states no benchmark result and ranks neither model — it puts two published specifications next to each other. Where a lab has not published a figure, the row says so rather than guessing.
Alibaba QwenQwen 3.8 27B
- context
- 262K
- weights
- open
- $/M in
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- $/M out
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- context
- 1M
- weights
- open
- $/M in
- —
- $/M out
- —
What actually differs
- Context window
- Laguna S 2.1 takes 1M against 262K — 3.8× more room in a single request.
- Weights
- Both publish weights — Qwen 3.8 27B under Apache 2.0, Laguna S 2.1 under OpenMDW-1.1 (open-weight). Check the licences rather than assuming they permit the same commercial use.
- Recency
- Qwen 3.8 27B shipped 24 days after Laguna S 2.1 (2026-08-14 vs 2026-07-21).
Full spec
| Attribute | Qwen 3.8 27B | Laguna S 2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | Alibaba Qwen | Poolside |
| Released | 2026-08-14 | 2026-07-21 |
| Context window | 262,144 tokens (native; reported extensible to ~1M via YaRN) | 1M |
| Pricing | not recorded | not recorded |
| License | Apache 2.0 | OpenMDW-1.1 (open-weight) |
| Availability | Hugging Face (`Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B`, `Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B-FP8`), ModelScope | Hugging Face |