Qwen3.8 27B vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning

Compare Qwen3.8 27B from Qwen and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning from Nvidia on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the OpenRouter API.

Qwen3.8 27B vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: side-by-side summary

Qwen3.8 27B and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning are available through the OpenRouter API, so switching between them takes a model slug change rather than a new integration.

Qwen3.8 27B, from Qwen, has a 1,000,000-token context window and is priced at $0.02/M tokens input, $0.50/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning, from Nvidia, has a 262,144-token context window and is priced at $0.025/M tokens input, $0.12/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Context window

Qwen3.8 27B: 1,000,000 tokens
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 262,144 tokens

Price

Qwen3.8 27B: $0.02/M tokens input, $0.50/M tokens output
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: $0.025/M tokens input, $0.12/M tokens output

Provided by

Qwen3.8 27B: Qwen
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: Nvidia

Qwen3.8 27B vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning at a glance

Qwen3.8 27B vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning comparison
Attribute	Qwen3.8 27B	Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
Input price	$0.02/M tokens	$0.025/M tokens
Output price	$0.50/M tokens	$0.12/M tokens
Context window	1,000,000 tokens	262,144 tokens
Intelligence Index	33.7	12.9
Coding Index	68.1	26.8
Agentic Index	45.8	3.5
Latency (p50)	0.68 s	1.78 s
Throughput (p50)	50.0 tok/s	61.0 tok/s

Benchmark data updated Oct 20, 2026

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen3.8 27B cheaper than Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?

Qwen3.8 27B and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning trade off on price: Qwen3.8 27B costs $0.02/M tokens input and $0.50/M tokens output, while Nemotron 3.5 Lightning costs $0.025/M tokens input and $0.12/M tokens output, so Qwen3.8 27B is cheaper for input tokens and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is cheaper for output tokens.

Which has the longer context window, Qwen3.8 27B or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?

Qwen3.8 27B has the longer context window at 1,000,000 tokens, compared with 262,144 tokens for Nemotron 3.5 Lightning.

Which is faster, Qwen3.8 27B or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is faster on OpenRouter, generating a median 61.0 tokens per second compared with 50.0 tokens per second for Qwen3.8 27B.

Which scores higher on coding, Qwen3.8 27B or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?

Qwen3.8 27B scores higher on coding, with an Artificial Analysis Coding Index of 68.1 compared with 26.8 for Nemotron 3.5 Lightning.

Qwen3.8 27B vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning

Qwen3.8 27B vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning

Overview