Model profile
Alibaba
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Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Reasoning)

Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Reasoning) is a budget text-first model from Alibaba with a balanced runtime profile, unknown context posture, and the clearest fit around reasoning / coding.

Best for: Reasoning / CodingBalanced latencyUnknown contextBudget pricing
Intelligence
45.0

Benchmark blend

Coding
N/A

Dev workflow signal

Context
N/A

Unknown

Input Price
$0.60

Budget tier

Decision snapshot
51

Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Reasoning) currently reads as a budget text-first option with unknown context and a balanced runtime profile.

Overall profile
Use-case specific
Best for
Reasoning / Coding
Latency tier
Balanced
Price tier
Budget
Source coverage
OpenRouter

Decision Strip

Decision rail before the raw tables

Core buy-side signals stay in one pass. The rest of the page expands only after intelligence, speed, context, and price are clear.

Intelligence
45.0
45

General reasoning and benchmark headroom.

Situational
Speed
58 tok/s
56

TTFT 1.41s

Situational
Context
N/A
34

How much prompt and task state can stay in view.

Limited
Price
$0.60
86

$3.60 output / 1M

Efficient

Editorial Profile

Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Reasoning) in one narrative

Positioning, tradeoffs, and fit are consolidated into one read instead of repeating the same story across separate cards.

Use-case specificCoding score 40Math score 36

The Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Reasoning) AI model by Alibaba.

Identity

Alibaba text-first profile

Positioning

Reasoning / Coding with unknown context and balanced runtime.

Cost posture

Efficient spend profile. More comfortable for sustained prompt volume if the capability fit is right.

Strengths
  • The available source data suggests a balanced profile rather than one dominant edge.

Tradeoffs
  • Budget-friendly input pricing is a strength, but raw capability may vary by workload.

  • Latency is balanced rather than ultra-fast, which is fine for most workflows but not the snappiest tier.

  • Current metadata points to a text-first profile rather than a broad multimodal one.

Best fit
  • Focused chat, retrieval-augmented flows, and narrower production tasks.

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Benchmarks

Grouped by job-to-be-done

Only benchmark categories with actual signal are shown. Secondary values stay as simple definitions instead of nested micro-cards.

General intelligence

Broad reasoning, knowledge depth, and flagship benchmark posture.

Intelligence Index
45.0
GPQA
89.3%

Specs & Pricing

Technical snapshot and cost posture

Specs stay neutral, pricing gets emphasis through values rather than extra containers. Raw provider internals remain in metadata at the end.

Technical snapshot
Context Window
N/A
Vision
Text-first
Price architecture
Input
per 1M input tokens
$0.60
Output
per 1M output tokens
$3.60
Blended
AA 3:1 mix
N/A

This model is relatively efficient on price. It is the easier fit when sustained prompt volume matters.