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Nova Lite 1.0 vs Qwen3.8 27B

For a typical chat reply (2,000 tokens in, 400 out), Qwen3.8 27B costs 9.4× as much as Nova Lite 1.0: $2.04 against $0.216 per 1,000 requests at list price on 2026-09-28.

Nova Lite 1.0Qwen3.8 27B
Input, per 1M tokens$0.06$0.42
Output, per 1M tokens$0.24$3.00
Context window300K1M
Classification or routing (600 tokens in, 10 out), per 1,000$0.0384$0.282
Chat reply (2,000 in, 400 out), per 1,000$0.216$2.04
Retrieval-augmented answer (8,000 in, 500 out), per 1,000$0.60$4.86
Confidence signalnoyes
Tool callingyesyes
BANKING77, correct of 400not measured264

Which one should carry your traffic?

If Nova Lite 1.0 answers your requests as well as Qwen3.8 27B, moving that traffic saves 89% on chat-shaped requests. Averages cannot tell you whether it does for your requests. Nova Lite 1.0 does not expose a confidence signal through OpenRouter, so Gimbix would test it as a full replacement rather than a first answer.

Nova Lite 1.0 profile · Qwen3.8 27B profile · Measure it on your traffic