Qwen 27B Passes the Pelican Test for $0.21 vs $3 on Paid Models
DivideHorror3217 · reddit · 2026-09-15
A Reddit post claims Qwen3.8 27B generated a pelican-riding-a-bicycle SVG animation for $0.21 (61,765 tokens), versus $3 with Fable/Astra ($50 per 1M output tokens), running on 2x RTX 5060 Ti ($800). Testable via OpenRouter with the author's prompt. Note: the model name is questionable and figures are unverified.
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