R1 0528 vs Qwen3.8 27B
Prices checked
Qwen3.8 27B takes 4 of 5 rounds against R1 0528. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $0.12 per million tokens against $0.30.
DeepSeekR1 0528
164k context · tool calling · open weights
$0.30/M tokensCheapest price, at Lambda · $0.16 per 1,000 pages
Alibaba CloudWins 4 roundsQwen3.8 27B
1M context · tool calling · reads images · open weights
$0.12/M tokensCheapest price, at NanoGPT · 9.2¢ per 1,000 pages
Maker's price in (lower wins)
$0.55/M
$0.42/M
Maker's price out (lower wins)
$2.19/M
$2.55/M
Cheapest price (lower wins)
$0.30/M at Lambda
$0.12/M at NanoGPT
Maker's price, blended (lower wins)
$0.96/M
$0.96/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
$0.16
9.2¢
Context
164k tokens
1M tokens
Open weights
yes
yes
Tool calling
yes
yes
Structured output
yes
yes
Reads images
no
yes
Reasoning
yes
yes
Released
28 May 2025
14 Aug 2026
Providers selling it
34
74
Price we measure against
the maker's own
the maker's own
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
not published
not published
Providers selling both · 16
NanoGPT$0.91 / $0.12
OpenRouter$0.91 / $0.34
Nous Portal$0.91 / $0.58
DeepInfra$0.91 / $0.58
io.net Intelligence$0.94 / $0.83
Kilo Gateway$0.91 / $0.96
Requesty$1.15 / $0.78
FastRouter$0.92 / $1.05
R1 0528, then Qwen3.8 27B, per million tokens; the 8 cheapest of 16.
Go further
Add a third or fourth model, or change the weighting, in the tool.
What moved this week
Eden AI · 0.4% dearer · $0.45 / $3.35 $0.45 / $3.34- io.net Intelligence · 13% cheaper · $0.37 / $2.20 $0.43 / $2.52
Tenstorrent · 260% dearer ·
$0.15 / $2 6¢ / $0.50
Berget AI · 16% dearer · $0.46 / $3.48 $0.40 / $3- OpenRouter · 56% cheaper · 3.9¢ / $1.25 $0.20 / $2.50
- Nous Portal · 312% dearer · 3.5¢ / $2.20 2¢ / $0.50
Mancer · 2% cheaper · $0.18 / $2.50 $0.20 / $2.50
Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, R1 0528 or Qwen3.8 27B?
- Qwen3.8 27B, at $0.12 per million tokens against $0.30 for R1 0528, blended 3 in : 1 out, read on 31 Oct 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- R1 0528: $0.30 at Lambda. Qwen3.8 27B: $0.12 at NanoGPT.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 16 providers sell both: NanoGPT, OpenRouter, Nous Portal, DeepInfra, io.net Intelligence, Kilo Gateway, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is NanoGPT.
- Which holds more context?
- Qwen3.8 27B, at 1M tokens against 164k.
Prices exclude tax, read 31 Oct 2026 from each provider's own catalog. They are per M tokens, blended 3 in : 1 out, and a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.
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