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Nova Lite 1.0 vs Qwen3.8 Flash

For a typical chat reply (2,000 tokens in, 400 out), Qwen3.8 Flash costs 2.3× as much as Nova Lite 1.0: $0.488 against $0.216 per 1,000 requests at list price on 2026-09-28.

Nova Lite 1.0Qwen3.8 Flash
Input, per 1M tokens$0.06$0.15
Output, per 1M tokens$0.24$0.47
Context window300K1M
Classification or routing (600 tokens in, 10 out), per 1,000$0.0384$0.0947
Chat reply (2,000 in, 400 out), per 1,000$0.216$0.488
Retrieval-augmented answer (8,000 in, 500 out), per 1,000$0.60$1.44
Confidence signalnoyes
Tool callingyesyes
BANKING77, correct of 400not measured316

Which one should carry your traffic?

If Nova Lite 1.0 answers your requests as well as Qwen3.8 Flash, moving that traffic saves 56% 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 Flash profile · Measure it on your traffic