Qwen3.8 27B Pricing, Benchmarks & Channels
Qwen3.8 27B is a 2026-08-14 model from Alibaba Qwen featuring a 262K context window and extended reasoning capabilities. Lowest rate on OpenRouter ($0.15 in / $1.875 out per 1M tokens).
Input Price / 1M
$0.6975
Output Price / 1M
$5.595
Cache Read / 1M
$0.1395
Context Window
262K
Generation Speed
40 TPS
Access Grade
A · CN Direct
F.A.R.E. Four-Dimension Score Breakdown
Scenario Capability Breakdown (0–100):
💻 Coding
73/100
✍️ Writing
70/100
📚 Long-Doc RAG
77/100
👁️ Vision OCR
71/100
F.A.R.E. CAPABILITY RADAR
Qwen3.8 27B Multi-Platform Price Comparison (4 Verified Channels)
All prices are in USD per 1M tokens. Domestic developers can prioritize channels marked "Direct in CN" for compliant access and local billing.
| Platform / Gateway | Network Access | Input ($/1M) | Output ($/1M) | Cache Hit ($/1M) | Billing & Notes | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter Lowest Price | Direct in CN | $0.15 | $1.875 | $0.0375 | Direct CN access · RMB billing | Visit Official → |
| SiliconFlow (CN) | Direct in CN | $0.4498 | $1.7992 | $0.1125 | Direct CN access · RMB billing | Visit Official → |
| DeepInfra | Global Network | $0.2 | $2.5 | $0.05 | Global cloud billing | Visit Official → |
| Thinking Machines Official | Global Network | $0.6975 | $5.595 | $0.1395 | Global cloud billing | Visit Official → |
✅ Core Strengths & Ideal Workloads
- Direct access in mainland China with RMB enterprise billing
- Open weights available for private self-hosting (~17GB VRAM at INT4)
⚠️ Limitations & Practical Caveats
- Direct access via Alibaba Cloud Bailian (DashScope) with enterprise SLA and open-weight Apache-2.0 variants.
- Extended thinking generates internal reasoning tokens (~1.8x output multiplier)