Qwen3.8 27B vs Sonar Reasoning Pro: side-by-side summary

Qwen3.8 27B and Sonar Reasoning Pro 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.

Sonar Reasoning Pro, from Perplexity, has a 128,000-token context window and is priced at $2/M tokens input, $8/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Context window

• Qwen3.8 27B: 262,144 tokens
• Sonar Reasoning Pro: 128,000 tokens

Price

• Qwen3.8 27B: $0.45/M tokens input, $3.20/M tokens output
• Sonar Reasoning Pro: $2/M tokens input, $8/M tokens output

Provided by

• Qwen3.8 27B: Qwen
• Sonar Reasoning Pro: Perplexity

• Qwen3.8 27B model details, providers and pricing
• Sonar Reasoning Pro model details, providers and pricing