Qwen3.8 Flash pricing and routing profile
Qwen3.8 Flash from Qwen (Alibaba) lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.47 per million output tokens, with a 1,000,000-token context window. Prices from OpenRouter's catalogue on 2026-09-28.
Tool callingStructured outputReasoning controlLog probabilities
Cost per 1,000 requests
| Request shape | List cost |
|---|---|
| Classification or routing (600 tokens in, 10 out) | $0.0947 |
| Chat reply (2,000 in, 400 out) | $0.488 |
| Retrieval-augmented answer (8,000 in, 500 out) | $1.44 |
Before prompt caching. Try your own shape in the cost calculator.
Can Gimbix route to it first?
Yes. 1 of 1 tracked hosts return token log probabilities for Qwen3.8 Flash, which is the confidence signal Gimbix uses to let a cheaper model answer first.
Measured by Gimbix
On 400 real BANKING77 customer messages, Qwen3.8 Flash answered 316 correctly (95% interval 74.7%–82.7%), with 0 invalid answers, at $0.0466 per 1,000 requests and a median of 1,041 ms. See all 22 models.
Who serves Qwen3.8 Flash
| Host | Input / output per 1M | Log probabilities | Uptime, last 30 min |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alibaba | $0.15 / $0.47 | yes | 99.8% |
A host that lists log probabilities may still omit them; Gimbix checks each one before relying on it.
Cheaper models that can answer first
Models priced below Qwen3.8 Flash that expose a confidence signal. Whether they answer your traffic as well is what a Gimbix pilot measures.
| Model | Input / output per 1M | Cheaper on a chat reply |
|---|---|---|
| Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct | $0.117 / $0.455 | 15% |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 | $0.14 / $0.28 | 20% |
| Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct | $0.104 / $0.416 | 23% |
| Nemotron 3 Super | $0.08 / $0.45 | 30% |
| Gemma 3 27B | $0.08 / $0.45 | 30% |
| Qwen3 14B | $0.12 / $0.24 | 31% |
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Questions
How much does Qwen3.8 Flash cost?
Qwen3.8 Flash lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.47 per million output tokens on OpenRouter as of 2026-09-28. A typical chat reply of 2,000 input and 400 output tokens costs about $0.488 per 1,000 requests.
What is the context window of Qwen3.8 Flash?
1,000,000 tokens.
Can a cheaper model replace Qwen3.8 Flash?
Sometimes. Gimbix proves it on your own traffic before routing: the cheaper model must match Qwen3.8 Flash on one half of your requests and make at most three answers worse on the other.