Qwen3.8 27B: API price, context window and how to connect
Qwen3.8 27B by Qwen (Alibaba): $0.24 per million input tokens, $2.2 per million output tokens, a 1M-token window. What it is good for, what to compare it with and how to connect it in SKILLOK.
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In short#
Qwen's open dense model with 27 billion parameters that understands text, images and video. Suited to code, professional work, research and long agentic tasks; the reasoning mode is optional.
Specifications#
| Provider | Qwen (Alibaba) |
| Released | 2026-08-14 |
| Context window | 1M tokens |
| Accepts | text, images, video |
| Answers with | text |
| Reasoning mode | yes |
| Tool calling | yes |
| Open weights | yes |
| Identifier | qwen/qwen3.8-27b |
Price#
| Per 1M tokens | In dollars |
|---|---|
| Input (question, context) | $0.24 |
| Output (answer) | $2.2 |
For reference: a conversation of 20 questions of ~500 tokens and answers of ~800 tokens costs about $0.038. Models in reasoning mode spend more tokens on an answer than the text shows: the reasoning is paid for too.
What it is good for#
- Code and agentic tasks
- Running on your own hardware
- Work with images and video
Similar models#
Catalog models with the same kind of output, closest in the price of a typical request.
| Model | Input | Output | Window | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devstral 2 2512 | $0.4 | $2 | 262K | about the same |
| Mistral Large 4 | $0.68 | $2.09 | 1.05M | 1.2× more expensive |
| DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 | $0.955 | $1.911 | 1.05M | 1.3× more expensive |
| Qwen3.7 Plus | $0.32 | $1.28 | 1M | 1.5× cheaper |
| GLM 5.3 | $0.079 | $1.4 | 1.05M | 1.7× cheaper |
Other Qwen (Alibaba) models#
How to connect in SKILLOK#
Qwen3.8 27B works through OpenRouter: add an OpenRouter key in Settings → AI and pick the qwen/qwen3.8-27b model. It then becomes available in Space AI, in tasks and to the repository agent. In detail — Connecting a model in SKILLOK.
Where the data comes from#
Prices, the context window and capabilities come from the public OpenRouter catalog as of 2026-10-19. A provider may change the price — the exact figure is always on the model's OpenRouter page.
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