Qwen3.5 9B vs gpt-oss-120b: Release Comparison
Comparison of the Qwen3.5 9B and gpt-oss-120b releases: 2 and 2 models respectively, each with different intelligence, performance, and pricing characteristics. Below is a comparison of the key metrics across all 4 models.
- For intelligence, Qwen3.5 9B scores highest: Qwen3.5 9B (Reasoning) at 14, against gpt-oss-120b (high) at 12 for gpt-oss-120b.
- For output speed, gpt-oss-120b is fastest: gpt-oss-120b (high) at 178 t/s, against Qwen3.5 9B (Non-reasoning) at 87 t/s for Qwen3.5 9B.
Releases compared
Intelligence
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Cost
Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Speed & Latency
Output Speed
Capability Scores
Capability Indices
Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, Humanity's Last Exam, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, MLCR-AA, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, CritPt, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, Terminal-Bench 4.0 · Higher is better
Incorporates 5 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, AA-LCR v1.1 · Higher is better
Further details
Input modality | Output modality | Weights | Provider Benchmarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Qwen3.5 9B (Reasoning) |  Alibaba | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $0.1 | $0.135 | $0.20 | - | - | - | - | - | 71 | 1.86s | 30.03s | 37.08s | - | 9.7B | 262k | Mar 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text, image, and video | Supports: text |   | |||
| Qwen3.5 9B (Non-reasoning) | Alibaba | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $0.2 | $0.17 | $0.25 | - | - | - | - | - | 87 | 0.78s | 0.78s | 6.52s | - | 9.7B | 262k | Mar 2026 | - | No | Supports: text, image, and video | Supports: text | | |||
| gpt-oss-120b (high) |  OpenAI | 12 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 19 | $0.11 | $0.2 | $0.15 | $0.595 | $0.125 | $122 | 27k | 15k | 84M | 178 | 0.85s | 12.12s | 14.93s | 146.12s | 117B 5.1B active at inference time | 131k | Aug 2025 | May 2024 | Yes | Supports: text | Supports: text |    +14 | |||
| gpt-oss-120b (low) | OpenAI | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $0.2 | $0.15 | $0.545 | $0.15 | - | - | - | - | 178 | 0.86s | 12.12s | 14.94s | - | 117B 5.1B active at inference time | 131k | Aug 2025 | May 2025 | Yes | Supports: text | Supports: text |    +14 | |||