Qwen3.8 27B vs Inkling Small: side-by-side summary

Qwen3.8 27B and Inkling Small 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 $0.22/M tokens input, $2.42/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Inkling Small, from thinkingmachines, has a 1,048,576-token context window and is priced at $0.45/M tokens input, $1.20/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Context window

• Qwen3.8 27B: 1,000,000 tokens
• Inkling Small: 1,048,576 tokens

Price

• Qwen3.8 27B: $0.22/M tokens input, $2.42/M tokens output
• Inkling Small: $0.45/M tokens input, $1.20/M tokens output

Provided by

• Qwen3.8 27B: Qwen
• Inkling Small: thinkingmachines

• Qwen3.8 27B model details, providers and pricing
• Inkling Small model details, providers and pricing