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.
Ways to buy 6
| Way to buy | Input | Output | In / out per 1M | Cached | Vs cheapest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darkbloom fp4 · cached $0.04 | $0.08 | $0.13 | $0.08 / $0.13Cheapest | $0.04 | Cheapest |
bf16 | $0.1 | $0.15 | $0.1 / $0.15+22% vs cheapest | n/a | +22% vs cheapest |
fp8 | $0.1 | $0.15 | $0.1 / $0.15+22% vs cheapest | n/a | +22% vs cheapest |
bf16 | $0.1 | $0.25 | $0.1 / $0.25+49% vs cheapest | n/a | +49% vs cheapest |
| PrimeIntellect bf16 · cached $0.153 | $0.17 | $0.25 | $0.17 / $0.25+105% vs cheapest | $0.153 | +105% vs cheapest |
Default region | $0.17 | $0.25 | $0.17 / $0.25+105% vs cheapest | n/a | +105% vs cheapest |
USD per 1M tokens. Regions are separate routes.
Through a gateway
Your own numbers100M input and 20M output tokens a month: $10.60 direct.
Kong AI Gateway$10.60+0%
LiteLLM$10.60+0%
Requesty$11.13+5%
Eden AI$11.18+5.5%
OpenRouter$11.18+5.5%
Cloudflare AI GatewayNot offeredNot offered
HeliconeNot offeredNot offered
Neon AI GatewayNot offeredNot offered
TrueFoundry AI GatewayNot offeredNot offered
Vercel AI GatewayNot offeredNot offered
A dash: not on that gateway's own model list. No published token fee: Martian Gateway, Portkey.
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About Qwen3.5-9B
Takes text, image, video in and returns text. First listed Sep 23, 2026. Up to 236K output tokens. Blended price $0.092 per 1M tokens at 3 input to 1 output. Model id qwen3-5-9b.
Price history
No list-price history: this model is sold by hosts rather than its lab.
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Questions
How much does Qwen3.5-9B cost?
$0.08 per million input tokens and $0.13 per million output tokens, with cached input at $0.04.
What is the context window of Qwen3.5-9B?
262K tokens, with up to 236K tokens of output.
Where is Qwen3.5-9B cheapest?
Of 6 routes tracked, Darkbloom is cheapest at $0.08 input and $0.13 output per million tokens.