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Qwen3.8 27B Pricing
Qwen · qwen-qwen3-8-27b
Input / 1M tokens
$0.420
Output / 1M tokens
$3.00
Context window
1M tokens
≈ 1,333 pages of text
Max output
131,072 tokens
What it costs in practice
Typical request (1,200 in + 400 out tokens)$0.0017
1,000 requests / month$1.70/mo10,000 requests / month$17.04/mo100,000 requests / month$170.40/moEstimate your own workloadOpens the calculator with Qwen3.8 27B preloaded — adjust volume and token counts there.
Price history
List price per 1M tokens since we started tracking in Aug 2026. Each step marks a price change — hover a point for the exact date and rate.
What it excels at
Handles long-context and vision tasks effectively with 262k input and 131k output windows. Suitable for coding, reasoning, and document analysis at competitive open-weight pricing.
The business tradeoff
Output token pricing is elevated relative to input. Quality and latency vary significantly depending on deployment hardware and optimization.
Cheaper from Qwen
Head-to-head
Vendor list rates, as of Sep 3, 2026 · source: openrouter · per-request examples assume 1,200 input + 400 output tokens.