# Qwen3.5 9B release · 2026-03-02 · snapshot 2026-10-26

Creator: Alibaba · 2 effort levels

| Effort level | Input modalities | Intelligence | Total cost | E2E | On the frontier today | ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3.5 9B (Reasoning) | Text, Image, Video | 11.20 | $329 | 43.8s | no | `qwen3-5-9b` |
| Qwen3.5 9B (Non-reasoning) | Text, Image, Video | 13.30 | - | 7.06s | no | `qwen3-5-9b-non-reasoning` |

Open weights · on the open-weights frontier today: 0 of 2

## Launch day (2026-03-02)

- Reached the frontier: 0 of 2
- Reached the open-weights frontier: 0 of 2
- Impact (intelligence × log-cost hypervolume gained): 0
- Rank: did not move the frontier; 46 releases this past year did
- Qwen3.5 9B (Reasoning) missed: 0.4 points below gpt-oss-120b (High) at 2.68× its cost


> Metrics snapshot: 2026-10-26T09:34:16Z. Intelligence index version: unknown. Release timeline, frontier age, release impact and shakeup cards are reconstructions using one selected snapshot's metrics, not a record of what was known at release. Scores, benchmark cost and derived value may change when the index methodology changes. Source documentation advertises v4.3.2; API correspondence is unverified.