Side by side
Devstral 2 2512 vs Qwen3.5-27B
Source: OpenRouter (live)
Live figures
The numbers
Best value in each row is highlighted. "Not declared" means the provider does not advertise the feature on its listing.
| Attribute | ||
|---|---|---|
| Input priceUSD per 1M tokens | $0.40 | $0.26 (best) |
| Output priceUSD per 1M tokens | $2.00 (best) | $2.60 |
| Blended price75% in / 25% out | $0.80 (best) | $0.84 |
| Vs. market median | 11% cheaper | 6% cheaper |
| Value rankcheapest = 1 | #196 (best) | #203 |
| Context windowtokens | 262K | 262K |
| Max outputtokens | 210K (best) | 82K |
| Input modalities | text, file | text, image, video |
| Output modalities | text | text |
| Tool calling | Declared | Declared |
| Reasoning | Not declared | Declared |
| Structured output | Declared | Declared |
| Listed on OpenRouter | 2025-12-09 | 2026-02-25 (best) |
Blended price assumes a 3:1 input-to-output token mix. Median is across all 429 priced models.
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At your volume
Estimate the monthly bill for these models at your own token volumes.
| Model | Input | Output | Monthly | Yearly | vs cheapest | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mistral: Devstral 2 2512 Mistral · $0.400 in / $2.00 out per M | $20 | $30 | $50 | $600 | Cheapest | |
| Qwen: Qwen3.5-27B Qwen (Alibaba) · $0.260 in / $2.60 out per M | $13 | $39 | $52 | $624 | +$2.00 (1.0×) |
Estimates use list prices per million tokens from live provider listings. Cached-input, batch and volume discounts are not included, so real bills are often lower.
Read-out
What the numbers say
- Mistral: Devstral 2 2512 is the cheapest here at $0.80/M blended; Qwen: Qwen3.5-27B costs 6% more.
- Reasoning mode is declared for Qwen: Qwen3.5-27B only.
Models
Model pages
Full pricing history, capabilities and alternatives for each model in this comparison.
Mistral
$0.800
/M blended
Qwen (Alibaba)
$0.845
/M blended
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