Qwen3.5 9B vs Qwen3.8 27B: API price and specs
Qwen3.8 27B is 3% cheaper than Qwen3.5 9B on input price.
Qwen3.5 9B is 80% cheaper than Qwen3.8 27B on output price.
Qwen3.5 9B is 49% cheaper than Qwen3.8 27B on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.
Qwen3.8 27B has a 331.5% larger context than Qwen3.5 9B.
| Field | Qwen3.5 9B | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest input, per 1M | $0.04 +2.6% | $0.039 |
| Median input, per 1M | $0.10 | $0.40 +300% |
| Lowest output, per 1M | $0.065 | $0.32 +392.3% |
| Median output, per 1M | $0.17 | $2.50 +1338.1% |
| Lowest unit price | — | — |
| Cost of 1M in + 200k out | $0.053 | $0.10 +94.3% |
| Context | 262K +76.8% | 1.1M |
| Max output | 262K +47.6% | 500K |
| Providers | 17 +64.6% | 48 |
| Regions | EU, GLOBAL, US | AU, CH, CZ, EU, GLOBAL, US |
| Accepts | image, image/bmp, image/heic, image/jpeg, image/png, image/tiff, image/webp, text, video, video/mp4, video/quicktime, video/x-flv, video/x-matroska, video/x-ms-wmv, video/x-msvideo | application/pdf, file, image, image/bmp, image/gif, image/heic, image/jpeg, image/png, image/tiff, image/webp, pdf, text, video, video/mp4, video/quicktime, video/webm, video/x-flv, video/x-matroska, video/x-ms-wmv, video/x-msvideo |
| Returns | text | text |
| Type | Text models | Text models |
| Free option | no | no |
| Cheapest provider | edenai | chutes |
Your own workload: how many tokens the model gets (input) and gives back (output) - for example, in a month. The "Cost" row of the table above is recalculated for these numbers, for each model.
Computed from current offers each time the page opens; the best value of a row is bold, the percent is how far behind the best.
Providers selling both
cortecs, deepinfra, edenai, empiriolabs, fastrouter, huggingface, kilo, mixlayer, openrouter, ovhcloud, regolo-ai, requesty, tensorx, trustedrouter
Frequently asked questions
Which is cheaper, Qwen3.5 9B or Qwen3.8 27B?
Qwen3.8 27B is 3% cheaper than Qwen3.5 9B on input price. Qwen3.5 9B is 80% cheaper than Qwen3.8 27B on output price. Qwen3.5 9B is 49% cheaper than Qwen3.8 27B on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.
Which has the larger context, Qwen3.5 9B or Qwen3.8 27B?
Qwen3.5 9B: 262K tokens; Qwen3.8 27B: 1.1M tokens.
Where can I use both Qwen3.5 9B and Qwen3.8 27B?
cortecs, deepinfra, edenai, empiriolabs, fastrouter, huggingface, kilo, mixlayer, openrouter, ovhcloud, regolo-ai, requesty, tensorx, trustedrouter