Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or Qwen3.5 27B?

Qwen3.5 27B, at $0.95 per million tokens against $1.70 for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.

Where is each one cheapest?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: $1.70 at Kilo Gateway. Qwen3.5 27B: $0.95 at OrcaRouter.

Can I buy both from one provider?

Yes. 13 providers sell both: Kilo Gateway, Merge Gateway, OrcaRouter, Nous Portal, OpenRouter, Ofox, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is Kilo Gateway.

Which holds more context?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite, at 1M tokens against 262k.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs Qwen3.5 27B.

model vs model · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

Qwen3.5 27B takes 3 of 5 rounds against Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $0.95 per million tokens against $1.70.

Google

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite

$1.70/M tokens

cheapest we can explain, at Kilo Gateway · $0.165 per 1,000 pages

1M context · tool calling · reads images

Kilo Gateway ↗

Alibaba Cloudwins 3 rounds

Qwen3.5 27B

$0.95/M tokens

cheapest we can explain, at OrcaRouter · $0.0929 per 1,000 pages

262k context · tool calling · reads images · open weights

List price in (lower wins)

$0.30/M

List price out (lower wins)

$2.50/M

$2.40/M

Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)

$1.70/M at Kilo Gateway

$0.95/M at OrcaRouter

Standard price (lower wins)

$3.40/M

$3.30/M

Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)

$0.165

$0.0929

Context

1M tokens

262k tokens

Open weights

yes

Tool calling

yes

Structured output

yes

Reads images

yes

Reasoning

yes

Released

21 Jul 2026

23 Feb 2026

Providers selling it

Price we measure against

the maker's own

Trains on your prompts (no is better)

not stated

Providers selling both · 13

Kilo Gateway$1.70 / $2.15
Merge Gateway$3.40 / $0.95
OrcaRouter$3.40 / $0.95
Nous Portal$3.40 / $2.15
OpenRouter$3.40 / $2.15
Ofox$3.40 / $2.92
NanoGPT$3.40 / $2.97
TrustedRouter$3.59 / $3.10

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite then Qwen3.5 27B, per million tokens · showing the 8 cheapest of 13

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What moved in the last seven days

Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteNous Portal$0.24 / $2 $0.30 / $2.5025% dearer · 16 Sept 2026
Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteRequesty$0.33 / $2.75 $0.30 / $2.509% cheaper · 16 Sept 2026
Qwen3.5 27BNous Portal$0.16 / $1.25 $0.20 / $1.5625% dearer · 16 Sept 2026

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or Qwen3.5 27B?: Qwen3.5 27B, at $0.95 per million tokens against $1.70 for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.
Where is each one cheapest?: Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: $1.70 at Kilo Gateway. Qwen3.5 27B: $0.95 at OrcaRouter.
Can I buy both from one provider?: Yes. 13 providers sell both: Kilo Gateway, Merge Gateway, OrcaRouter, Nous Portal, OpenRouter, Ofox, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is Kilo Gateway.
Which holds more context?: Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite, at 1M tokens against 262k.

Prices exclude tax and are per million tokens, read 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own catalog. The standard price blends three parts input to one part output; a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.