qwen Open weights Vision Reasoning

Qwen3.5 397B A17B pricing & benchmarks

Released Feb 16, 2026 · served by 11 providers · ranked #47 by intelligence in our index

Input / 1M tokens$0.385
Output / 1M tokens$2.34
Context window262K
Cached input
Intelligence index33.7
Coding index48.2
Agentic index19.8
1M in + 300K out$1.09

What Qwen3.5 397B A17B is

The Qwen3.5 series 397B-A17B native vision-language model is built on a hybrid architecture that integrates a linear attention mechanism with a sparse mixture-of-experts model, achieving higher inference efficiency. It delivers...

Providers and prices for Qwen3.5 397B A17B

The same model costs different amounts depending on who serves it. Prices are per 1M tokens, cheapest first. Uptime and throughput are OpenRouter's rolling measurements, not vendor claims.

ProviderInputOutputContext QuantUptime 24hThroughput
Alibabacheapest $0.390 $2.34 262K 99.9%
DigitalOcean $0.385 $2.45 131K 96.6%
Chutes $0.450 $3.00 262K fp8 99.5%
DeepInfra $0.450 $3.00 262K fp8 98.9%
AtlasCloud $0.550 $3.50 262K fp8 99.5%
Phala $0.550 $3.50 262K 98.9%
Parasail $0.500 $3.60 262K fp8 99.7%
Novita $0.600 $3.60 262K 99.8%
StreamLake $0.600 $3.60 256K 99.4%
GMICloud $0.600 $3.60 262K fp8 0.0%
Venice $0.750 $4.50 128K 93.0%

Qwen3.5 397B A17B benchmark results

Design Arena head-to-head results, as reported through the OpenRouter model API.

CategoryArenaRankEloWin rate
svg models #33 1191 56.1%
3d models #41 1218 56.7%
codecategories models #43 1210 52.6%
dataviz models #45 1204 53.2%
website models #45 1215 52.6%
gamedev models #51 1196 50.1%
uicomponent models #52 1199 51.4%

Cheaper models in the same class

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FAQ

How much does the Qwen3.5 397B A17B API cost?

$0.385 per 1M input tokens and $2.34 per 1M output tokens. A typical workload of 1M input + 300K output tokens costs about $1.09.

Is Qwen3.5 397B A17B free?

No. It is a paid model starting at $0.385 per 1M input tokens, though some providers offer trial credits.

Which provider is cheapest for Qwen3.5 397B A17B?

Alibaba at $0.390 input / $2.34 output per 1M tokens.

Can I self-host Qwen3.5 397B A17B?

Yes — weights are published as Qwen/Qwen3.5-397B-A17B on Hugging Face, so you can run it on your own hardware.