Qwen3.8 27B is 1.9× cheaper per million tokens (blended). Palmyra X5 has the larger context window (1,040,000 vs 1,000,000 tokens). Qwen3.8 27B is open-weights; the other is not.
Qwen3.8 27B vs Palmyra X5
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Qwen3.8 27Bopen
Qwen · qwen__qwen3.8-27b
Palmyra X5
Writer · writer__palmyra-x5
Identity
| Field | qwen__qwen3.8-27b | writer__palmyra-x5 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Qwen | Writer |
| Slug | qwen__qwen3.8-27b | writer__palmyra-x5 |
| Status | live | live |
| Open weights | Yes | No |
| License | — | — |
| HuggingFace | Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B | — |
Quality
| Field | qwen__qwen3.8-27b | writer__palmyra-x5 |
|---|---|---|
| Quality index (0–100) | 87.4 | — |
Cost
| Field | qwen__qwen3.8-27b | writer__palmyra-x5 |
|---|---|---|
| Input $ / 1M tokens | $0.42 | $0.60 |
| Cached input $ / 1M | $0.09 | — |
| Output $ / 1M tokens | $3.00 | $6.00 |
Context
| Field | qwen__qwen3.8-27b | writer__palmyra-x5 |
|---|---|---|
| Max context tokens | 1,000,000 | 1,040,000 |
| Max output tokens | 131,072 | 8,192 |
Modalities
| Field | qwen__qwen3.8-27b | writer__palmyra-x5 |
|---|---|---|
| Input | text, image, video | text |
| Output | text | text |