DeepSeek Flash Latest is 3.7× cheaper per million tokens (blended). DeepSeek Flash Latest has the larger context window (1,048,576 vs 262,144 tokens, 4.0×). Qwen3.8 27B is open-weights; the other is not.
Qwen3.8 27B vs DeepSeek Flash Latest
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Qwen3.8 27Bopen
Qwen · qwen__qwen3.8-27b
DeepSeek Flash Latest
~deepseek · ~deepseek__deepseek-flash-latest
Identity
| Field | qwen__qwen3.8-27b | ~deepseek__deepseek-flash-latest |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Qwen | ~deepseek |
| Slug | qwen__qwen3.8-27b | ~deepseek__deepseek-flash-latest |
| Status | live | live |
| Open weights | Yes | No |
| License | — | — |
| HuggingFace | Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B | — |
Quality
| Field | qwen__qwen3.8-27b | ~deepseek__deepseek-flash-latest |
|---|---|---|
| Quality index (0–100) | 87.0 | — |
Cost
| Field | qwen__qwen3.8-27b | ~deepseek__deepseek-flash-latest |
|---|---|---|
| Input $ / 1M tokens | $0.21 | $0.15 |
| Cached input $ / 1M | $0.15 | $0.01 |
| Output $ / 1M tokens | $2.55 | $0.60 |
Context
| Field | qwen__qwen3.8-27b | ~deepseek__deepseek-flash-latest |
|---|---|---|
| Max context tokens | 262,144 | 1,048,576 |
| Max output tokens | 131,072 | 943,718 |
Modalities
| Field | qwen__qwen3.8-27b | ~deepseek__deepseek-flash-latest |
|---|---|---|
| Input | text, image, video | text, image |
| Output | text | text |