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Head-to-Head Pricing Benchmark

Qwen: Qwen3.5-9B vs Qwen: Qwen3 8B

Side-by-side pricing and context window comparison for production model selection.

Input delta: $0.00Output delta: $0.25Monthly delta: $15

Default Recommendation (120M input + 60M output)

Qwen: Qwen3.5-9B is lower-cost for the default monthly workload scenario.

Adjust the workload in the calculator below to see a live recommendation for your usage.

MetricQwen: Qwen3.5-9BQwen: Qwen3 8B
Developerqwenqwen
Context Window256,00040,960
Input Cost / 1M Tokens$0.0500$0.0500
Output Cost / 1M Tokens$0.1500$0.4000
Projected Monthly Cost$15$30
Vision✅ Yes❌ No
Tool Calling✅ Yes✅ Yes
Structured Output✅ Yes✅ Yes
Reasoning✅ Yes✅ Yes
Web Search❌ No❌ No
MMLU ScoreN/A64.3
GPQAN/A45.2

Price History

Qwen: Qwen3.5-9B Pricing Trend

Input / 1M tokens-50.0%Output / 1M tokens0.0%
Mar 11 — Mar 16
$0.0500$0.1000$0.1500Mar 11Mar 12Mar 14Mar 15Mar 16

Current Input / 1M

$0.0500

Current Output / 1M

$0.1500

Price History

Qwen: Qwen3 8B Pricing Trend

Input / 1M tokens0.0%Output / 1M tokens0.0%
Mar 7 — Mar 16
$0.0500$0.2250$0.4000Mar 7Mar 9Mar 12Mar 14Mar 16

Current Input / 1M

$0.0500

Current Output / 1M

$0.4000

Cost Calculator

Adjust your workload to see projected monthly costs.

01.0B
0500M

Qwen: Qwen3.5-9B

$15

per month

Lower cost

Qwen: Qwen3 8B

$30

per month

Live Recommendation

Qwen: Qwen3.5-9B is lower-cost at 120M input + 60M output tokens/month.

Qwen: Qwen3.5-9B saves $15/mo at this workload
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