Qwen3.8 27B is slightly cheaper per million tokens (blended). Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite has the larger context window (1,048,576 vs 262,144 tokens, 4.0×). Qwen3.8 27B is open-weights; the other is not.
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs Qwen3.8 27B
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Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Google · google__gemini-3.5-flash-lite
Qwen3.8 27Bopen
Qwen · qwen__qwen3.8-27b
Identity
| Field | google__gemini-3.5-flash-lite | qwen__qwen3.8-27b |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Qwen | |
| Slug | google__gemini-3.5-flash-lite | qwen__qwen3.8-27b |
| Status | live | live |
| Open weights | No | Yes |
| License | — | — |
| HuggingFace | — | Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B |
Quality
| Field | google__gemini-3.5-flash-lite | qwen__qwen3.8-27b |
|---|---|---|
| Quality index (0–100) | — | 87.2 |
Cost
| Field | google__gemini-3.5-flash-lite | qwen__qwen3.8-27b |
|---|---|---|
| Input $ / 1M tokens | $0.30 | $0.21 |
| Cached input $ / 1M | $0.03 | $0.15 |
| Output $ / 1M tokens | $2.50 | $2.55 |
Context
| Field | google__gemini-3.5-flash-lite | qwen__qwen3.8-27b |
|---|---|---|
| Max context tokens | 1,048,576 | 262,144 |
| Max output tokens | 65,536 | 131,072 |
Modalities
| Field | google__gemini-3.5-flash-lite | qwen__qwen3.8-27b |
|---|---|---|
| Input | text, image, video, file, audio | text, image, video |
| Output | text | text |