Qwen3.8 27B is 1.3× cheaper per million tokens (blended). Qwen3.8 27B leads quality index by 3.8 points (89.0 vs 85.2). Gemini 3.6 Flash has the larger context window (1,048,576 vs 1,000,000 tokens). Qwen3.8 27B is open-weights; the other is not.
Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Qwen3.8 27B
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Gemini 3.6 Flash
Google · google__gemini-3.6-flash
Qwen3.8 27Bopen
Qwen · qwen__qwen3.8-27b
Identity
| Field | google__gemini-3.6-flash | qwen__qwen3.8-27b |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Qwen | |
| Slug | google__gemini-3.6-flash | qwen__qwen3.8-27b |
| Status | live | live |
| Open weights | No | Yes |
| License | — | — |
| HuggingFace | — | Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B |
Quality
| Field | google__gemini-3.6-flash | qwen__qwen3.8-27b |
|---|---|---|
| Quality index (0–100) | 85.2 | 89.0 |
Cost
| Field | google__gemini-3.6-flash | qwen__qwen3.8-27b |
|---|---|---|
| Input $ / 1M tokens | $0.75 | $0.42 |
| Cached input $ / 1M | $0.07 | $0.09 |
| Output $ / 1M tokens | $3.75 | $3.00 |
Context
| Field | google__gemini-3.6-flash | qwen__qwen3.8-27b |
|---|---|---|
| Max context tokens | 1,048,576 | 1,000,000 |
| Max output tokens | 65,536 | 131,072 |
Modalities
| Field | google__gemini-3.6-flash | qwen__qwen3.8-27b |
|---|---|---|
| Input | text, image, video, file, audio | text, image, video |
| Output | text | text |