QwenReasoningReleased 14 August 2026
Qwen3.8 27B pricing, context and benchmark
Qwen3.8 27B is an open-weight dense vision-language model from Qwen.
1.05M
Input context
236K
Output context
$0.035
Official input
$1.5
Official output
20
AA index
01 · Model Overview
Everything that matters, in one table
Context, pricing, cache, modalities and tooling, from the model registry and Artificial Analysis.
| Model | Qwen3.8 27B |
| Model ID | qwen/qwen3.8-27b |
| Provider | Qwen |
| Release date | 14 August 2026 |
| Status | Generally available |
| Input context | 1,048,575 tokens |
| Output context | 235,929 tokens |
| Official input pricing | $0.035 per 1M tokens |
| Official output pricing | $1.5 per 1M tokens |
| Cache read pricing | $0.1 per 1M tokens (80% off input) |
| Market input pricing | $0.035 per 1M (cheapest route) |
| Market output pricing | $1.5 per 1M (cheapest route) |
| Highest route pricing | $0.04 in, $2.5 out per 1M |
| Input modalities | text · image · video |
| Output modalities | text |
| Reasoning control | Not exposed |
| Tool support | Text generation only |
| Tokenizer | Qwen |
| Provider routes | 8 endpoints |
| Artificial Analysis index | 20 (#2 of 10) |
| Speed | 46 tokens/s, 121.43s to first token |
| Knowledge cutoff | Not publicly stated |
Input and output support
| Modality | Input | Output | Billed at |
|---|---|---|---|
| Text | ✓ yes | ✓ yes | $0.035 in |
| Image | ✓ yes | no | $0.035 in |
| Audio | no | no | not supported |
| Video | ✓ yes | no | $0.035 in |
| File (PDF) | no | no | not supported |
02 · Overview
What is Qwen3.8 27B?
Qwen3.8 27B is an open-weight dense vision-language model from Qwen.
It is suited for coding, professional workflows, research, multimodal interaction, and long-running agent tasks, with flexible thinking that can be...
Qwen3.8 27B carries a 1.05M token window, uses the Qwen tokenizer and is served by Qwen. On Hoodgen it sits in the Reasoning tier of the model menu next to its siblings, so you can switch mid conversation without losing the thread.
03 · Release
Release and what changed from the previous version
Released14 August 2026
| Property | Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B | Qwen3.8 27B | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Released | 2026 | 2026 | Same release window |
| Context | 1.05M | 1.05M | Changed |
| Max output | 131K | 236K | Changed |
| Input price | $2 | $0.035 | Cheaper |
| Output price | $6 | $1.5 | Cheaper |
| Input modalities | text | text, image, video | Unchanged |
| AA index | n/a | 20 | Newer benchmark run |
04 · Capabilities
Features and capabilities
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Vision
Screenshots, charts and photographed documents are read at the text token rate.
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Audio and video
Calls, meetings and screen recordings can be summarised in one pass.
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Prompt caching
Cached input costs $0.1 per million instead of $0.035, so stable prefixes get cheaper.
06 · Benchmarks
Benchmark results and performance
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5.0.1 blends nine evaluations. Qwen3.8 27B scores 20 , ranking #2 of 10.
Intelligence index
20
#2 of 10
Cost per task
$3.53
weighted average per index task
Time per task
40.2m
inference time
Output speed
46
tokens per second
Index score and cost per task
Scale: index 0 to 70, cost 0 to $20. Sub scores are not published per evaluation, so none are invented here.
07 · Use cases
What can you do with Qwen3.8 27B?
Debugging and root cause
Multi file failures where the model has to hold a causal chain before answering.
Architecture and planning
Design docs, migration plans and trade off analysis over long context.
Data analysis
Spreadsheets and logs read in one pass, then summarised with the numbers quoted back.
Agentic coding
Repo wide changes that need plan, edit and verify loops.
08 · Cost levers
Prompt caching and how to cut the bill
Cached input bills at $0.1 per million instead of $0.035, a 80% discount. Keep the system prompt and documents first and the changing question last, so every call hits the cache.
09 · Pricing
Qwen3.8 27B pricing
Official pricing
List price
$0.035 / 1M in
$1.5 / 1M out
- $0.1 cached input
- 1.05M context
- text, image, video input
Cheapest route
$0.035 / 1M in
$1.5 / 1M out
- 8 routes on OpenRouter
- What Hoodgen routes to first
- Same model, lower bill
Highest route
$0.04 / 1M in
$2.5 / 1M out
- Priority or premium tier
- Best under load
- Use for latency critical calls
Market pricing, every route
| Provider | Tier | Input | Output | Cache read | Uptime 24h |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darkbloom | standard | $0.035 | $1.5 | $0.018 | 99.6% |
| Chutes | standard | $0.039 | $1.25 | $0.0039 | 89.6% |
| Near AI | standard | $0.04 | $1.35 | $0.018 | 83.7% |
| Ionstream | standard | $0.04 | $1.95 | $0.02 | 97.9% |
| Modal | standard | $0.04 | $2.3 | $0.02 | 100.0% |
| DekaLLM | standard | $0.04 | $2.5 | $0.02 | 100.0% |
| PrimeIntellect | standard | $0.056 | $0.401 | $0.006 | 99.5% |
| Wafer | standard | $0.06 | $2.3 | $0.059 | 99.6% |
API pricing and cost calculator
| Rate | Per call | Total | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheapest route | $0.0027 | $1.37 | 1302 |
| List price | $0.0037 | $1.87 | 1772 |
| Highest route | $0.0046 | $2.27 | 2162 |
10 · Developers
API and developer information
| Model ID | qwen/qwen3.8-27b |
| Endpoint | https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions |
| Parameters | prompt and max_tokens |
| Streaming | Yes, server sent events |
| Modality string | text+image+video->text |
| Max prompt tokens | 1,048,575 |
| Max completion tokens | 235,929 |
curl https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENROUTER_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "qwen/qwen3.8-27b",
"messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Summarise this document." }],
"max_tokens": 1024
}'11 · Limitations
Model limitations
| Text only output | It cannot generate images, audio or video. Pair it with an image model on Hoodgen when you need visuals. |
| Output cap | 235,929 tokens per request. Long deliverables have to be chunked. |
| Knowledge cutoff | The provider does not state a fixed cutoff for every release. Verify very recent events against search. |
12 · Comparison
Qwen3.8 27B vs other Qwen models
| Model | Context | Input /1M | Output /1M | AA index | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3.8 27B | 1.05M | $0.035 | $1.5 | 20 | 2026 |
| Qwen3.8 Max Prime | 1M | $4 | $12 | n/a | Sep 2026 |
| Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B | 1.05M | $2 | $6 | n/a | 2026 |
| Qwen3.8 Max | n/a | $2 | $6 | 34 | 2026 |
| Qwen3.8 Max (0902) | 1M | $2 | $6 | n/a | Sep 2026 |
| Qwen3.7 Max | 1M | $1.475 | $4.425 | n/a | 2026 |
13 · Privacy
Privacy and data policy
- On Hoodgen, prompts and attachments answer that request and stay in your conversation history so you can reopen it. They are not used to train models.
- Requests route through OpenRouter to Qwen and are covered by that provider's API terms.
- Do not paste secrets or personal data you would not send to any hosted model.
14 · FAQ
Qwen3.8 27B questions, answered
Qwen3.8 27B is a reasoning model from Qwen, released 14 August 2026. Qwen3.8 27B is an open-weight dense vision-language model from Qwen.
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