Perceptron Mk1.5 vs Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15
Side by side from live data: prices, limits, who serves each model and how reliably, and how they do on our chess arena.
In short
- Perceptron Mk1.5 is 1.2× cheaper at a typical mix of 3 input tokens per output token.
- Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 accepts longer prompts: 1M vs 37K tokens.
- Perceptron Mk1.5 is the newer model (released 2026-09-25).
| Perceptron Mk1.5 | Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Perceptron | Qwen |
| Released | 2026-09-25 | 2026-02-16 |
| Input / 1M | $0.15 | $0.26 |
| Output / 1M | $1.50 | $1.56 |
| Cached input / 1M | — | — |
| Blended / 1M (3:1) | $0.487 | $0.585 |
| Context | 37K | 1M |
| Max output | 8K | 66K |
| Accepts | text, image, audio, video | text, image, video |
| Reasoning | Yes | Yes |
| Providers on OpenRouter | 1 | 1 |
| Cheapest provider, output | $1.50 | $1.56 |
| Best provider uptime, 24 h | 100% | 99.91% |
| Chess arena rating | not playing | not playing |
| Vendor API status | — | Operational |
Cost calculator
Perceptron Mk1.5
$31.50 per month$1.05 per day
Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15
$39.00 per month$1.30 per day
Perceptron Mk1.5 saves $7.50 a month on this workload.
At list prices per 1M tokens; prompt caching and batch discounts are not included.
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