Alibaba

Qwen3.8 27B (low)

AI model by Alibaba. Real-time pricing and benchmark data.

Pricing (per 1M tokens)

Input$0.50
Output$3.00
Blended (3:1)$1.13

Source: Artificial Analysis

Performance

Output Speed65 tok/s
Time to First Token2990ms

Median values from Artificial Analysis

Editorial Analysis

Profile. Qwen3.8 27B (low) is a budget-tier option from Alibaba at $3.00/M output tokens. Despite the low price, it scores competitively on Coding Index (58.2) and Intelligence Index (42.9) — making it a candidate for high-volume production workloads where unit cost dominates.

Latency. On latency, Qwen3.8 27B (low) reports 65 tok/s output speed and 2990ms time-to-first-token. Output speed is on the slower end; for real-time chat consider pairing with a streaming front-end or routing latency-sensitive requests to a faster model.

Cost model. For a workload of 1M input tokens + 100K output tokens, Qwen3.8 27B (low) costs $0.80 per million input-equivalent requests. Multiply by your monthly request volume to project the bill, and compare against the speed/correctness profile above to decide if the trade-off is worth it for your workload.

Editorial summary generated from public pricing and benchmark data (Artificial Analysis API). All numbers are sourced — see the Artificial Analysis methodology for benchmark definitions. Last refreshed 2026-08-24.

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Example Costs

Single Request
$0.0020
1.0K in / 500 out
1K Requests/day
$2.00
1.0M in / 500.0K out
10K Requests/day
$20.00
10.0M in / 5.0M out