1 million Qwen3.8 27B (OpenRouter) tokens cost $0.42 as input or $3.00 as output. Most workloads land in between — a 70/30 input/output split costs about $1.194. Verified Aug 28, 2026
Quick answer
For Qwen3.8 27B (OpenRouter), 1 million tokens cost $0.42 as input or $3.00 as output. A representative 70/30 workload is about $1.194.
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The page prices the selected token volume using the model's listed input and output rates, then applies a 70/30 input/output split for the representative workload. Cached input, batch discounts, retries, and provider fees can change the final invoice.
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1,000,000 in · 0 out
Input price
$0.42 / 1M tokens
Output price
$3.00 / 1M tokens
Uncached pricing. Add caching and monthly projections in the full calculator.
What 1 million tokens buys in practice
$0.936
80% input / 20% output — short replies over conversation history.
$0.678
90% input / 10% output — long retrieved context, grounded answers.
$0.549
95% input / 5% output — full documents in, structured extraction out.
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FAQ
1 million input tokens cost $0.42; 1 million output tokens cost $3.00. A typical 70/30 input/output mix costs about $1.194. Rates: $0.42/M input, $3.00/M output.
A chat-style request of ~4,800 tokens (4,000 in + 800 out) means 1 million tokens is roughly 208 requests. For a RAG workload with ~8,500 tokens per request, about 118 requests.
Qwen3.8 27B (OpenRouter) has no published cached-input discount on its official pricing page; all input is billed at $0.42/M.