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 262,144-token context window and is priced at $0.45/M tokens input, $3.20/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning, from Nvidia, has a 1,000,000-token context window and is priced at $0.08/M tokens input, $0.20/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Context window

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

Price

• Qwen3.8 27B: $0.45/M tokens input, $3.20/M tokens output
• Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: $0.08/M tokens input, $0.20/M tokens output

Provided by

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

• Qwen3.8 27B model details, providers and pricing
• Nemotron 3.5 Lightning model details, providers and pricing