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Qwen3.8 27B: price, performance and context

Open Qwen3.8 27B by Qwen costs $0.425 per 1M input and $2.55 per 1M output tokens, handles up to 1M tokens in one request (≈ 3,000 pages of text) and scores 33.7 points on the AgentKernel performance index, rank 39 of 212.

Privacy: zero data retention with 15 providers, not in the EU. Availability over the last 24 h: 100%.

Updated Oct 09, 2026, 16:46 UTC · qwen/qwen3.8-27b

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Key facts

Licence
Open weights: free to download and self-host
Input / 1M tokens
$0.425
Output / 1M tokens
$2.55
Context window
1M tokens
Max. output
131.1K tokens
Performance index
33.7 points · rank 39 of 212
Coding index
68.1 points · rank 30 of 119
Agentic index
45.8 points · rank 14 of 91
Cost at your usage
$1.063 / month
Knowledge cutoff
n/a
In the catalog since
Aug 14, 2026
Capabilities
Reasoning, Vision, Tool Calling

What do you get for $10.00?

Rules of thumb from the cost calculator, base rates without caching or taxes.

TaskCost per taskFor $10.00
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Document summariesRead 10 pages, write a one-page summary$0.0033,700
Code reviewsReview and comment on 500 lines of code$0.0052,000
Book analysesAnalyse a 300-page book in one go$0.048210

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