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Qwen3.5-9B

by Alibaba Qwen · Released Mar 2026

Open SourceMultimodal
39.7
avg score
Rank #211
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Better than 35% of all models
Context
262K tokens (~131 books)
Input $/1M
$0.17
Output $/1M
$0.25
Type
multimodal
License
Open Source
Benchmarks
19 tested
Data as of
About

Qwen3.5-9B is a multimodal foundation model from the Qwen3.5 family, designed to deliver strong reasoning, coding, and visual understanding in an efficient 9B-parameter architecture. It uses a unified vision-language design...

Tested on 19 benchmarks · BenchGecko score 39.7. Top scores: Artificial Analysis · tau2-Bench Telecom (85.1%), Artificial Analysis · GPQA Diamond (78.6%), GPQA diamond (75.0%).

Looking for similar performance at lower cost?
ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking scores 39.8 (100% as good) at $0.07/1M input · 59% cheaper
Capabilities
coding
9.2
#200 globally
math
61.6
#91 globally
knowledge
41.2
#213 globally
general
40.4
#79 globally
speed
34.7
#82 globally
Benchmark Scores
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Tested on 19 benchmarks · Ranked across 5 categories
Score Distribution (all 326 models)
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codingCompare coding →
Terminal Bench

Complex terminal-based engineering tasks. Models must use command-line tools, navigate filesystems, and debug systems through shell interaction.

9.2·
mathCompare math →
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025

Mock AIME (American Invitational Mathematics Exam) problems from OTIS. Tests mathematical competition performance.

61.6·
knowledgeCompare knowledge →
GPQA diamond

Graduate-level science questions written by PhD experts. Diamond subset contains questions where experts disagree, testing deep understanding.

75.0·
Chess Puzzles

Tactical chess puzzles testing pattern recognition and multi-move calculation. Measures strategic reasoning ability.

7.4·
Quick compare:baidu logovs ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B ThinkingAnthropic logovs Claude 3.5 SonnetOpenAI logovs GPT-4o (2024-08-06)
Excellent (85+) Good (70-85) Average (50-70) Below (<50)
Model Family · Alibaba Qwen Qwen 3.5
Feb 2026
69.3
$0.60/M in262Kctx29 benchmarks
Feb 2026
$0.26/M in(-0.34)1.0Mctx(+738K)
Apr 2026
$0.30/M in(+0.04)1.0Mctx
Feb 2026
$0.26/M in(-0.04)262Kctx(-738K)15 benchmarks
Feb 2026
$0.26/M in262Kctx5 benchmarks
Feb 2026
53.2-16.1
$0.14/M in(-0.12)262Kctx10 benchmarks
Mar 2026
39.7-13.5
$0.17/M in(+0.03)262Kctx19 benchmarks
Mar 2026
$0.17/M in262Kctx
Feb 2026
34.7-5.0
$0.07/M in(-0.11)1.0Mctx(+738K)12 benchmarks
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Recently Happened
Qwen3.5-9B pricing increased 113%
Oct 25, 2026
Qwen3.5-9B pricing dropped 20%
Oct 21, 2026
Qwen3.5-9B pricing increased 100%
Apr 18, 2026
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Specifications
  • Typemultimodal
  • Context262K tokens (~131 books)
  • ReleasedMar 2026
  • LicenseOpen Source
  • StatusActive
  • Cost / Message~$0.001
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Qwen3.5-9B is an open-source multimodal AI model by Alibaba Qwen, released in March 2026. It has an average benchmark score of 39.7. Context window: 262K tokens.

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ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking · baiduClaude 3.5 Sonnet · AnthropicGPT-4o (2024-08-06) · OpenAIQwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 · Alibaba QwenBaichuan 2-7B · Unknown

Benchmarks

Artificial Analysis · tau2-Bench TelecomArtificial Analysis · GPQA DiamondGPQA diamondArtificial Analysis · MMMU ProOTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025

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Key facts · as of 2026-11-11

  • Qwen3.5-9B by Alibaba Qwen. BenchGecko score 39.7, rank 211 of 326 scored models (normalized average of public benchmark scores).
  • List price $0.17 input · $0.25 output per 1M tokens (as of 2026-11-11).
  • Sold by 6 providers (as of 2026-11-11): Darkbloom (fp4) $0.0800 in / $0.13 out · DeepInfra (bf16) $0.10 in / $0.15 out · Parasail (bf16) $0.10 in / $0.25 out · SiliconFlow (fp8) $0.10 in / $0.15 out · PrimeIntellect (bf16) $0.16 in / $0.23 out · and 1 more. Every provider

How to cite · data as of 2026-11-11

Qwen3.5-9B · benchmarks, pricing and providers. BenchGecko, data as of 2026-11-11. https://benchgecko.ai/model/qwen3-5-9b

Credit "Source: BenchGecko" with a link. Prices per provider and Gecko Tests are BenchGecko data (CC BY 4.0); benchmark scores keep their original source, listed in the JSON. JSON · llms.txt · MCP