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Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B

Alibaba · Qwen Medium line · lightweight · open weights

Released September 11, 2025Replaced by Qwen 3.5 Medium

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B was released by Alibaba on September 11, 2025, as an open-weights lightweight model in the Qwen Medium line.

  • Release 1 of 3 in the Qwen Medium line.
  • The first release in this line.
  • Replaced by Qwen 3.5 Medium on February 24, 2026, 166 days later.
  • These days the line ships a new model about every 169 days.

No detailed card for this model: we only add numbers published by the maker or by independent benchmarks. Sources: GitHub

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Where the Qwen Medium line stands

Qwen3.8-27B is the current model in this line. The card shows how long it has been since the last release against the line's usual gap and its recent ones — the rhythm, not a date.

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Qwen3.8-27B

Alibaba · Qwen Medium line · lightweight · open weights
Just releasedreleased 51 days ago — usual gap is ~169

Alibaba's open 27B model scores 84.3% on OSWorld-Verified, up from 63.9% for Qwen3.6-27B, and stays free to download under Apache 2.0.

Released Aug 14, 2026 · what changed →
Days since last release
Qwen3.8-27B · Aug 14, 2026
51
days
Usual gap
169
days
Recent gaps
Qwen3.8-27B · Aug 2026
171
Qwen 3.5 Medium · Feb 2026
166

Every Qwen Medium release

Newest first. See the full line with every card →

  1. Aug 14, 2026Qwen3.8-27B
  2. Feb 24, 2026Qwen 3.5 Medium
  3. Sep 11, 2025Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B · this page