Perceptron Mk1 is 2.1× cheaper per million tokens (blended). Qwen3.8 27B has the larger context window (1,000,000 vs 32,768 tokens, 30.5×). Qwen3.8 27B is open-weights; the other is not.
Perceptron Mk1 vs Qwen3.8 27B
Live catalog fields. Best-in-row is highlighted.
Perceptron Mk1
Perceptron · perceptron__perceptron-mk1
Qwen3.8 27Bopen
Qwen · qwen__qwen3.8-27b
Identity
| Field | perceptron__perceptron-mk1 | qwen__qwen3.8-27b |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Perceptron | Qwen |
| Slug | perceptron__perceptron-mk1 | qwen__qwen3.8-27b |
| Status | live | live |
| Open weights | No | Yes |
| License | — | — |
| HuggingFace | — | Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B |
Quality
| Field | perceptron__perceptron-mk1 | qwen__qwen3.8-27b |
|---|---|---|
| Quality index (0–100) | — | 89.0 |
Cost
| Field | perceptron__perceptron-mk1 | qwen__qwen3.8-27b |
|---|---|---|
| Input $ / 1M tokens | $0.15 | $0.42 |
| Cached input $ / 1M | — | $0.09 |
| Output $ / 1M tokens | $1.50 | $3.00 |
Context
| Field | perceptron__perceptron-mk1 | qwen__qwen3.8-27b |
|---|---|---|
| Max context tokens | 32,768 | 1,000,000 |
| Max output tokens | 8,192 | 131,072 |
Modalities
| Field | perceptron__perceptron-mk1 | qwen__qwen3.8-27b |
|---|---|---|
| Input | text, image, video | text, image, video |
| Output | text | text |