# Perplexity Decider v1.1 27B (Qwen3.8-27B, noncausal decision readout) vs vLLM-SR d3 (27B)

As of Oct 15, 2026, Perplexity Decider v1.1 27B (Qwen3.8-27B, noncausal decision readout) leads vLLM-SR d3 (27B) in 0 of 1 shared categories.

Perplexity Decider v1.1 27B (Qwen3.8-27B, noncausal decision readout): price per 1M tokens is unset in the catalog.

vLLM-SR d3 (27B): price per 1M tokens is unset in the catalog.

Perplexity Decider v1.1 27B (Qwen3.8-27B, noncausal decision readout): open weights.

vLLM-SR d3 (27B): open weights.

- Which to pick, Decision models: As of Oct 15, 2026, Perplexity Decider v1.1 27B (Qwen3.8-27B, noncausal decision readout) and vLLM-SR d3 (27B) share #1 in Decision models.

As of Oct 15, 2026, Perplexity Decider v1.1 27B (Qwen3.8-27B, noncausal decision readout) is tied for state of the art with low confidence in Decision models (since Oct 14, 2026; sources Decision Index Full and JevBench; methodology v1.0).

As of Oct 15, 2026, vLLM-SR d3 (27B) is tied for state of the art with low confidence in Decision models (since Oct 14, 2026; sources Decision Index Full; methodology v1.0).