longcat-2.5-preview-free vs qwen3.8-27b
| longcat-2.5-preview-free | qwen3.8-27b | |
|---|---|---|
| Providers | — | — |
| Input $/M | $0.77 | $0.46 |
| Output $/M | $3.08 | $1.85 |
| Output multiplier | ×4.00 | ×4.00 |
| Context window | — | — |
| Intelligence index | — | 33.7 |
| Coding index | — | 68.1 |
What the numbers mean
qwen3.8-27b is roughly 1.7× cheaper on input than longcat-2.5-preview-free. If your workload passes the quality bar on the cheaper model, that gap compounds across every request; route to longcat-2.5-preview-free deliberately rather than by default.
Code
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(base_url="https://starseaapi.com/v1", api_key="sk-...")
# longcat-2.5-preview-free
client.chat.completions.create(model="longcat-2.5-preview-free", messages=[{"role":"user","content":"Hi"}])
# qwen3.8-27b
client.chat.completions.create(model="qwen3.8-27b", messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hi"}])