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Qwen3.5 9B

Qwen · Released Feb 23, 2026 · Open weights

Qwen instruction model for multilingual chat, reasoning, and tool use

Strongest at
Reading & documents
Top 18% of the past year's models · one benchmark so far
Price per 1M tokens
$0.17 / $0.25
input / output · OpenRouter
Context window
262.1K
tokens in · 65.5K out
Since the last one
300 days
after Qwen3 8B
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Capability profile

Scored against 91 models released in the past year. 50 is the average model; further out is better.

This modelQwen3 8BMedian of the past year
5090Median of the past yearReading & documents: 64 · Top 18%Math: 53 · Better than 38%Science: 59 · Better than 25%Qwen3 8B: 51Qwen3 8B: 45ReadingMathScience
Reading & documents64Top 18% · 1 test
Math53+2.3Better than 38% · 1 test
Science59+14.3Better than 25% · 1 test

No results yet: Coding, Writing, Reasoning, Visual reasoning, Computer use

Where these scores come from

Each capability combines the published benchmarks listed here, rescaled so 50 is the reference average and 15 points is one standard deviation. A hollow dot rests on a single benchmark.

Price against capability

The shaded corner holds anything better and cheaper. Prices blend input and output 3 to 1.

Nothing from the past year scores higher on Reading & documents for less.

$0.1$0.3$1$3$10204060GPT-6.1 Terra: 64, $2 per 1MMuse Spark Open: 61, $2 per 1MClaude Haiku 5.5: 39, $0.2 per 1MMistral Large 4: 29, $2.06 per 1MGemini 4 Argon: 71, $4 per 1MGPT-6.1 Sol: 73, $4 per 1MClaude Sonnet 5.5: 67, $4 per 1MGPT-6 Sol: 62, $4 per 1MGPT-6 Luna: 50, $0.2 per 1MClaude Opus 5.5: 68, $8 per 1MGrok 4.7: 56, $3 per 1MDeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 60, $0.21 per 1MGPT-6 Astra: 72, $20 per 1MMuse Spark 1.3: 63, $2 per 1MGemini 3.8 Flash: 55, $1.5 per 1MClaude Fable 5.1: 71, $20 per 1MQwen3.8 Flash: 46, $0.23 per 1MGLM-5.3-Flash: 50, $0.24 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp: 33, $0.32 per 1MQwen3.8 27B: 45, $1.12 per 1MGLM-5.3: 47, $2.15 per 1MGemini 3.7 Flash: 60, $1.5 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813: 63, $0.99 per 1MGrok 4.6: 53, $3 per 1MMuse Glimmer 30B: 47, $0.52 per 1MMuse Spark 1.2: 54, $2 per 1MQwen3.8 Max: 59, $3 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Flash 0731: 59, $0.15 per 1MClaude Opus 5: 63, $10 per 1MGemini 3.6 Flash: 50, $1.5 per 1MGemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 34, $0.85 per 1MKimi K3: 58, $6 per 1MQwen3.7 Flash: 22, $0.055 per 1MGPT-5.6 Terra: 50, $4.5 per 1MGPT-5.6 Sol: 65, $8 per 1MGPT-5.6 Luna: 44, $0.45 per 1MGrok 4.5: 49, $3 per 1MClaude Sonnet 5: 51, $4 per 1MGLM-5.2: 47, $2.15 per 1MKimi K2.7 Code: 34, $1.71 per 1MClaude Fable 5: 73, $20 per 1MQwen3.7 Plus: 38, $0.7 per 1MClaude Opus 4.8: 55, $10 per 1MQwen3.7 Max: 49, $3.75 per 1MGemini 3.5 Flash: 56, $3.38 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Pro: 51, $1.19 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Flash: 31, $0.18 per 1MGPT-5.5: 64, $11.2 per 1MQwen3.6 27B: 30, $1.35 per 1MKimi K2.6: 36, $1.71 per 1MGrok 4.3: 25, $1.56 per 1MGrok Build 0.1: 38, $1.25 per 1MClaude Opus 4.7: 56, $10 per 1MMuse Spark 1.1: 50, $2 per 1MQwen3.6 Plus: 40, $1.12 per 1MGLM-5V-Turbo: 39, $1.9 per 1MGPT-5.4 nano: 36, $0.46 per 1MGPT-5.4 mini: 40, $1.69 per 1MGPT-5.4: 63, $5.62 per 1MQwen3.5 27B: 26, $0.82 per 1MGemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 69, $4.5 per 1MClaude Sonnet 4.6: 52, $6 per 1MClaude Opus 4.6: 51, $10 per 1MGemini 3 Flash Preview: 65, $1.12 per 1MGPT-5.2 Codex: 50, $4.81 per 1MMistral Large 3: 20, $0.75 per 1MQwen3.5 9B: 64, $0.19 per 1MQwen3.5 9BPrice per 1M tokens →↑ Reading & documents$0.1$1$10204060GPT-6.1 Terra: 64, $2 per 1MMuse Spark Open: 61, $2 per 1MClaude Haiku 5.5: 39, $0.2 per 1MMistral Large 4: 29, $2.06 per 1MGemini 4 Argon: 71, $4 per 1MGPT-6.1 Sol: 73, $4 per 1MClaude Sonnet 5.5: 67, $4 per 1MGPT-6 Sol: 62, $4 per 1MGPT-6 Luna: 50, $0.2 per 1MClaude Opus 5.5: 68, $8 per 1MGrok 4.7: 56, $3 per 1MDeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 60, $0.21 per 1MGPT-6 Astra: 72, $20 per 1MMuse Spark 1.3: 63, $2 per 1MGemini 3.8 Flash: 55, $1.5 per 1MClaude Fable 5.1: 71, $20 per 1MQwen3.8 Flash: 46, $0.23 per 1MGLM-5.3-Flash: 50, $0.24 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp: 33, $0.32 per 1MQwen3.8 27B: 45, $1.12 per 1MGLM-5.3: 47, $2.15 per 1MGemini 3.7 Flash: 60, $1.5 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813: 63, $0.99 per 1MGrok 4.6: 53, $3 per 1MMuse Glimmer 30B: 47, $0.52 per 1MMuse Spark 1.2: 54, $2 per 1MQwen3.8 Max: 59, $3 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Flash 0731: 59, $0.15 per 1MClaude Opus 5: 63, $10 per 1MGemini 3.6 Flash: 50, $1.5 per 1MGemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 34, $0.85 per 1MKimi K3: 58, $6 per 1MQwen3.7 Flash: 22, $0.055 per 1MGPT-5.6 Terra: 50, $4.5 per 1MGPT-5.6 Sol: 65, $8 per 1MGPT-5.6 Luna: 44, $0.45 per 1MGrok 4.5: 49, $3 per 1MClaude Sonnet 5: 51, $4 per 1MGLM-5.2: 47, $2.15 per 1MKimi K2.7 Code: 34, $1.71 per 1MClaude Fable 5: 73, $20 per 1MQwen3.7 Plus: 38, $0.7 per 1MClaude Opus 4.8: 55, $10 per 1MQwen3.7 Max: 49, $3.75 per 1MGemini 3.5 Flash: 56, $3.38 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Pro: 51, $1.19 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Flash: 31, $0.18 per 1MGPT-5.5: 64, $11.2 per 1MQwen3.6 27B: 30, $1.35 per 1MKimi K2.6: 36, $1.71 per 1MGrok 4.3: 25, $1.56 per 1MGrok Build 0.1: 38, $1.25 per 1MClaude Opus 4.7: 56, $10 per 1MMuse Spark 1.1: 50, $2 per 1MQwen3.6 Plus: 40, $1.12 per 1MGLM-5V-Turbo: 39, $1.9 per 1MGPT-5.4 nano: 36, $0.46 per 1MGPT-5.4 mini: 40, $1.69 per 1MGPT-5.4: 63, $5.62 per 1MQwen3.5 27B: 26, $0.82 per 1MGemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 69, $4.5 per 1MClaude Sonnet 4.6: 52, $6 per 1MClaude Opus 4.6: 51, $10 per 1MGemini 3 Flash Preview: 65, $1.12 per 1MGPT-5.2 Codex: 50, $4.81 per 1MMistral Large 3: 20, $0.75 per 1MQwen3.5 9B: 64, $0.19 per 1MQwen3.5 9BPrice per 1M tokens →↑ Reading & documents

OpenRouter $0.17 / $0.25

Since Qwen3 8B

10 releases in the Qwen3.8 27B line.

Qwen3 32BApr 28, 20251dQwen3 8BApr 29, 2025300dQwen3.5 27BFeb 23, 20260dQwen3.5 9BFeb 23, 20267dQwen3.5 0.8BMar 2, 20260dQwen3.5 2BMar 2, 20260dQwen3.5 4BMar 2, 2026
Released300 days later
Price in / out$0.17 / $0.25−39%
Context262.1K8.0×
Math53+2.3
Science59+14.3

A newer release is out: Qwen3.8 27B.

ECI STANDING#126 of 270
SCORE139.32136.13–140.83 CI
FRONTIER LAGLaunched 14.3 months behindScores about what o1 did in December 2024.
SCORES LIKE THESE MODELSgpt-oss-120bOpenAI · Aug 2025139.79
Qwen3-30B-A3B-Thinking (Jul 2025)Alibaba · Jul 2025139.55
GPT-5 nanoOpenAI · Aug 2025139.21Qwen3-235B-A22BAlibaba · Apr 2025139.15
Full Epoch Capabilities Index ranking ↗

Epoch benchmark boards

Best result on each board it has run. The tick marks the leader.

GPQA diamond
79%#98 of 234
Terminal Bench
9%#49 of 50

Qwen's past year

48 release days in the past year, about one every 8 days. The next is expected around Nov 2, 2026. Forecasts ↗

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Specifications

RELEASE DATEFeb 23, 2026
WEIGHTSOpen weights
CONTEXT WINDOW262.1K
MAX OUTPUT65.5K
REASONINGNot listed
TOOL CALLINGNot listed
INPUTStext, image/bmp, image/jpeg, image/png, image/tiff, image/webp, image/heic, video/mp4, video/x-msvideo, video/x-matroska, video/quicktime, video/x-flv, video/x-ms-wmv
OUTPUTStext

Models.dev record ↗

Specifications and prices from Models.dev; availability and limits may differ by provider. Benchmarks from Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0), LiveBench and the other sources named above.