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Qwen3.5-9B on OpenRouter

Qwen3.5 · Alibaba

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Last refreshed 2026-06-15. Next refresh: weekly.

Why use Qwen3.5-9B on OpenRouter?

OpenRouter offers Qwen3.5-9B with pay-as-you-go pricing at $0.10/1M input tokens. OpenRouter is a multi-provider LLM aggregator offering unified API access to 300+ models from all major labs and emerging providers, with automatic failover for reliability.

Compare Qwen3.5-9B across 3 providers to find the best fit for your use case
Input / 1M
$0.10
Output / 1M
$0.15
Cache
Not sourced
Batch
Not sourced

Setup recipe

Docs fallback
Install
Use the provider REST API or SDK
Auth
Create a provider API key
Call
model: qwen/qwen3.5-9b
Model ID
qwen/qwen3.5-9b

Request example

Curated snippets for this provider are not sourced yet. Use OpenRouter documentation with model ID qwen/qwen3.5-9b.

Gotchas

  • Use provider model ID "qwen/qwen3.5-9b", not the LLMReference slug "qwen3.5-9b".

Compare Qwen3.5-9B Across Providers

ProviderInput (per 1M)Output (per 1M)
Together AI$0.10$0.15
OpenRouter$0.10$0.15
Alibaba Cloud PAI-EAS$0.10$0.15

Pricing

TypePrice (per 1M)
Input tokens$0.10
Output tokens$0.15

Capabilities

VisionMultimodalFunction CallingTool UseStructured Outputs

About Qwen3.5-9B

Qwen3.5-9B is Alibaba's Qwen3.5 model with multimodal text and image input. It offers a 256K-token context window with weights openly available for self-hosting.

FAQ

What does Qwen3.5-9B cost on OpenRouter?

On OpenRouter, Qwen3.5-9B costs $0.1 per 1M input tokens and $0.15 per 1M output tokens.

What is the context window for Qwen3.5-9B on OpenRouter?

Qwen3.5-9B supports a 262k token context window on OpenRouter.

How does OpenRouter compare to other Qwen3.5-9B providers?

Qwen3.5-9B is available from 3 providers. The cheapest input pricing is $0.1/1M tokens from Together AI.

What API model ID do I use for Qwen3.5-9B on OpenRouter?

Use the model ID qwen/qwen3.5-9b when calling OpenRouter's API.

Who created Qwen3.5-9B?

Qwen3.5-9B was created by Alibaba as part of the Qwen3.5 model family.

Is Qwen3.5-9B open source?

Qwen3.5-9B is open source under Apache 2.0 according to the seed data.

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Model Specs

Released2026-03-02
Parameters9B
Context262k
ArchitectureDecoder Only