LLM Reference

Qwen3-9B

Released
2025-04-28
Last refreshed
2026-06-15
Status
Researched 49d ago
Open sourceCommercial use: permittedRAGLong contextClassificationJSON / Tool use

Qwen3-9B is worth evaluating for rag, long context, and classification when its provider route and context window match the workload.

Use it for

  • Teams evaluating rag, long context, and classification
  • Workloads that can use a 256k context window
  • Buyers comparing 1 tracked provider route

Do not use it for

  • Vision or document-understanding workloads
Specifications
Family
Qwen3
Released
2025-04-28
Context
256k
Parameters
9B
Architecture
Decoder Only
Specialization
general
Openness
Open source
License
Apache 2.0OSI-approvedCommercial use: permitted
Created by

AI research institute of Alibaba Group.

Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Founded 2017
Website
Pricing
Output / 1M
$0.200
Input / 1M
$0.040

Cheapest of 1 route · DeepInfra

About

Qwen: Qwen3.5-9B available via OpenRouter. Pricing: $0.05/1M input, $0.15/1M output.

Qwen3-9B is an open-source model in the Qwen3 family. The structured metadata tracks a 256k-token context window and structured outputs. This page tracks provider routes through DeepInfra, with the cheapest tracked route listed at $0.04 input and $0.2 output per 1M tokens. No headline benchmark score is tracked for Qwen3-9B yet.

Top use-case fit

RAG

Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.

Long context

Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.

Classification

Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.

Provider price ladder

Compare API pricing across 1 providers for input and output tokens, batch, and cached reads when available.

ProviderInput / 1MOutput / 1MRoute
DeepInfra$0.040$0.200
Serverless

Capabilities

Structured Outputs

Benchmark peer barsfor RAG

No task-mapped benchmark peers are available for this model yet.

Migration checks

No linked migration route is available for this model yet.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the context window of Qwen3-9B?

Qwen3-9B has a context window of 256k tokens.

How much does Qwen3-9B cost?

Qwen3-9B is available at $0.04/1M input tokens through DeepInfra.

When was Qwen3-9B released?

Qwen3-9B was released on 2025-04-28.

Which providers offer Qwen3-9B?

Qwen3-9B is available from 1 provider: DeepInfra.