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WizardLM-2 8x22B vs Qwen3.5-27B

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

WizardLM-2 8x22B wins:

  • Cheaper output tokens

Qwen3.5-27B wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Supports vision
Price Advantage
WizardLM-2 8x22B
Benchmark Advantage
Qwen3.5-27B
Context Window
Qwen3.5-27B
Speed
Qwen3.5-27B

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricWizardLM-2 8x22BQwen3.5-27BWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.62$0.20 Qwen3.5-27B
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.62$1.56 WizardLM-2 8x22B
Cache Read (per 1M)N/A$0.27 Qwen3.5-27B
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Qwen3.5-27B is 14% cheaper overall.

WizardLM-2 8x22B Providers

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Qwen3.5-27B Providers

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Benchmark Comparison

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WizardLM-2 8x22B Wins
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Qwen3.5-27B Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkWizardLM-2 8x22BQwen3.5-27BWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
33.137.2
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
-33.4-
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
40.0--
GPQA
Graduate-level science
17.684.2
Aider
Real-world code editing
44.4--
BBH
Big-Bench Hard
48.6--
Qwen3.5-27B significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

WizardLM-2 8x22B
65,535
tokens
Qwen3.5-27B
262,144
tokens
Qwen3.5-27B has a 75% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricWizardLM-2 8x22BQwen3.5-27BWinner
Tokens/secondN/A92.1 tok/s
Time to First TokenN/A1.32s

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureWizardLM-2 8x22BQwen3.5-27B
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyWizardLM-2 8x22BQwen3.5-27B
LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source
AuthorMicrosoftQwen
ReleasedApr 2024Feb 2026

WizardLM-2 8x22B Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

Qwen3.5-27B Modalities

Input
textimagevideo
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

Qwen3.5-27B has cheaper input pricing at $0.20/M tokens. WizardLM-2 8x22B has cheaper output pricing at $0.62/M tokens.
Qwen3.5-27B scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 33.4, compared to WizardLM-2 8x22B's score of N/A.
WizardLM-2 8x22B has a 65,535 token context window, while Qwen3.5-27B has a 262,144 token context window.
WizardLM-2 8x22B does not support vision. Qwen3.5-27B supports vision.