Qwen3.8 27B is 1.5× cheaper per million tokens (blended). Qwen3.8 27B has the larger context window (1,000,000 vs 400,000 tokens, 2.5×). Qwen3.8 27B is open-weights; the other is not.
Qwen3.8 27B vs OpenAI GPT Mini Latest
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Qwen3.8 27Bopen
Qwen · qwen__qwen3.8-27b
OpenAI GPT Mini Latest
~openai · ~openai__gpt-mini-latest
Identity
| Field | qwen__qwen3.8-27b | ~openai__gpt-mini-latest |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Qwen | ~openai |
| Slug | qwen__qwen3.8-27b | ~openai__gpt-mini-latest |
| Status | live | live |
| Open weights | Yes | No |
| License | — | — |
| HuggingFace | Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B | — |
Quality
| Field | qwen__qwen3.8-27b | ~openai__gpt-mini-latest |
|---|---|---|
| Quality index (0–100) | 89.0 | — |
Cost
| Field | qwen__qwen3.8-27b | ~openai__gpt-mini-latest |
|---|---|---|
| Input $ / 1M tokens | $0.42 | $0.75 |
| Cached input $ / 1M | $0.09 | $0.07 |
| Output $ / 1M tokens | $3.00 | $4.50 |
Context
| Field | qwen__qwen3.8-27b | ~openai__gpt-mini-latest |
|---|---|---|
| Max context tokens | 1,000,000 | 400,000 |
| Max output tokens | 131,072 | 128,000 |
Modalities
| Field | qwen__qwen3.8-27b | ~openai__gpt-mini-latest |
|---|---|---|
| Input | text, image, video | file, image, text |
| Output | text | text |