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Qwen3.5 9B

AlibabaReleased Mar 2, 2026Current

Score basis

Qwen3.5 9B is behind the leaders in long context, instruction following, multimodal tasks, coding, and reasoning. Too few results yet to rate agentic tasks, safety, math, multilingual tasks, or factuality.

Capability profile

Bars show the model's median result as a share of the leading model's, per capability. Select a row to see its results.

Limited5 capabilities
  1. Long Context−27.0%2 of 3
  2. Instruction Following−31.4%2 of 3
  3. Multimodal−32.4%1 of 6
  4. Coding−39.8%4 of 10
  5. Reasoning−40.0%3 of 6
Not rated5 capabilities

Too few results yet to rate Agentic, Safety, Math, Multilingual or Factuality.

Price

$0.14input$0.20outputper million tokens

From Artificial Analysis · 5 providers tracked · All prices

Cheaper than 84% of 330 priced models · 3:1 input-to-output blend, log scale

Evidence

91results on57benchmarks

  • 5 independently verified
  • 37 aggregator
  • 27 vendor-reported
  • 22 cross-referenced

From 11 sources · latest Oct 8, 2026 · How verification works

API features

Tool callingStructured outputsReasoning

As listed by OpenRouter

Research

83 papers reference Qwen3.5 9B

Qwen3.5 9B benchmark results

91 results on 57 benchmarks, grouped by capability. Each bar is the result as a share of the capability leader's; every result links to its source.

Long Context

LimitedFull long context ranking

27.0% behind the leader2 of 3 ranked benchmarks measured

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Instruction Following

LimitedFull instruction following ranking

31.4% behind the leader2 of 3 ranked benchmarks measured

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Multimodal

LimitedFull multimodal ranking

32.4% behind the leader1 of 6 ranked benchmarks measured

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Coding

LimitedFull coding ranking

39.8% behind the leader4 of 10 ranked benchmarks measured

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Reasoning

LimitedFull reasoning ranking

40.0% behind the leader3 of 6 ranked benchmarks measured

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Agentic

Not enough dataFull agentic ranking

0 of 7 ranked benchmarks measured

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Math

Not enough dataFull math ranking

0 of 5 ranked benchmarks measured

Factuality

Not enough dataFull factuality ranking

0 of 4 ranked benchmarks measured

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More results

Benchmarks outside the capability baskets. They are not ranked against a leader.

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Qwen3.5 9B: common questions

Who makes Qwen3.5 9B?

Qwen3.5 9B is made by Alibaba.

When was Qwen3.5 9B released?

Qwen3.5 9B was released on Mar 2, 2026, according to Artificial Analysis.

What is Qwen3.5 9B good at?

Qwen3.5 9B is behind the leaders in long context, instruction following, multimodal tasks, coding, and reasoning. Too few results yet to rate agentic tasks, safety, math, multilingual tasks, or factuality.

How much does Qwen3.5 9B cost?

Qwen3.5 9B costs $0.14 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens, according to Artificial Analysis. We track its price at 5 providers. At a mix of three input tokens to one output token, it is cheaper than 84% of the 330 priced models we track.

How many benchmarks has Qwen3.5 9B been tested on?

We track 91 results for Qwen3.5 9B on 57 benchmarks from 11 sources, 5 of them independently verified. The latest was recorded on Oct 8, 2026.

Which API features does Qwen3.5 9B support?

OpenRouter lists tool calling, structured outputs, and reasoning for Qwen3.5 9B.

About this record

Where Qwen3.5 9B's numbers come from, and every name it appears under.

Tracked since
Apr 27, 2026
Newest source mention
Aug 29, 2026

Where the results come from

Verification: 91 scores · 5 independently verified · 37 aggregator-attributed · 22 vendor cross-reference · 27 vendor-reported. How these tiers are assigned

From 11 sources on 5 sites. Artificial Analysis supplies 38 of them; the 5 independently verified results come from 2 sites. Bars are coloured by trust tier.

  • artificialanalysis.ai38
  • huggingface.co29
  • api.llm-stats.com19
  • matharena.ai3
  • 99franklin.github.io2

Also known as

qwen 3.5 9bqwen3-5-9bqwen3-5-9b-non-reasoningqwen3.5 9b (non-reasoning)qwen3.5 9b (reasoning)Qwen3.5-9B (9.7B)qwen3.5-9b:batch