GPT-5.4 (low) vs Qwen3.8 27B (medium)

OpenAI · Alibaba · catalog 2026-09-14

Qwen3.8 27B (medium) beats GPT-5.4 (low): cheaper ($0.435 vs $2.175/M) and at least as smart (index 27.8 vs 27.6).

	GPT-5.4 (low)	Qwen3.8 27B (medium)
Speed (tok/s)	90.6 measured	46.6 measured
Blended $/M	$2.175 derived	$0.435 derived
Intelligence index	27.6 measured	27.8 measured
TTFT (ms)	173 measured	394 measured
Context	—	—
Coding index	not measured for both
Agentic index	not measured for both

GPT-5.4 (low) card · Qwen3.8 27B (medium) card · 3D observatory

Verdicts use price×intelligence dominance only, and only where both sides are measured; null cells stay null with their provenance (em-dash = not in catalog). Percentile-free by design — this page compares two models, not the field. Generated page — do not hand-edit.