Model profile
Alibaba
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Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Non-reasoning)

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

Best for: Agent workflows / ReasoningBalanced latencyUnknown contextBudget pricing
Intelligence
40.1

Benchmark blend

Coding
37.4

Dev workflow signal

Context
N/A

Unknown

Input Price
$0.60

Budget tier

Decision snapshot
48

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

Overall profile
Use-case specific
Best for
Agent workflows / Reasoning
Latency tier
Balanced
Price tier
Budget
Source coverage
OpenRouterArtificial Analysis

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
40.1
40

General reasoning and benchmark headroom.

Limited
Speed
55 tok/s
52

TTFT 1.66s

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 (Non-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 37Math score 36

The Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Non-reasoning) AI model by Alibaba.

Identity

Alibaba text-first profile

Positioning

Agent workflows / Reasoning 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
40.1
GPQA
86.1%
HLE
18.8%
Coding

Software implementation, debugging quality, and coding benchmark signal.

Coding Index
37.4
SciCode
41.1%
Agent / tool use

Long-horizon execution quality and interactive benchmark evidence.

IFBench
51.6%
TAU2
83.9%
TerminalBench Hard
35.6%
LCR
58.0%

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
$1.35

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

Metadata

Raw source tables at the end

Verification details remain available, but the page no longer forces them ahead of the editorial read.