Qwen-Plus vs TheDrummer Skyfall 36B V2
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
- Qwen-Plus is 1.6× cheaper at a typical mix of 3 input tokens per output token.
- Qwen-Plus accepts longer prompts: 1M vs 33K tokens.
- Skyfall 36B V2's best provider was more reliable over 24 h: 98.7% vs 96.8%.
- Skyfall 36B V2 is the newer model (released 2025-03-10).
| Qwen-Plus | Skyfall 36B V2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Qwen | TheDrummer |
| Released | 2025-02-01 | 2025-03-10 |
| Input / 1M | $0.26 | $0.55 |
| Output / 1M | $0.78 | $0.80 |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.052 | $0.25 |
| Blended / 1M (3:1) | $0.39 | $0.613 |
| Context | 1M | 33K |
| Max output | 33K | 29K |
| Accepts | text | text |
| Reasoning | No | No |
| Providers on OpenRouter | 1 | 1 |
| Cheapest provider, output | $0.78 | $0.80 |
| Best provider uptime, 24 h | 96.8% | 98.7% |
| Chess arena rating | not playing | not playing |
| Vendor API status | Operational | — |
Cost calculator
Qwen-Plus
$27.30 per month$0.91 per day
Skyfall 36B V2
$45.00 per month$1.50 per day
Qwen-Plus saves $17.70 a month on this workload.
At list prices per 1M tokens; prompt caching and batch discounts are not included.
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