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Released February 2026

Qwen3.5 397B A17B: Release Intelligence, Performance & Price

The Qwen3.5 397B A17B release offers 2 models, each with different intelligence, performance, and pricing characteristics. Below is a comparison of the key metrics across the 2 models.

  • For intelligence, the top model of Qwen3.5 397B A17B is Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Non-reasoning) at 21.
  • For output speed, the fastest model is Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Non-reasoning) at 87 t/s.
  • For latency, Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Non-reasoning) at 2.15s offers the lowest time to first answer token.
  • For pricing, Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Reasoning) at $0.47 offers the lowest cost per task.

Intelligence

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.3 incorporates 10 evaluations: AA-Briefcase, GDPval-AA v2, AutomationBench-AA, Terminal-Bench v4.0, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GDP.pdf, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR v1.1
Estimate (independent evaluation forthcoming)

Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Weighted average cost (USD) per Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index task
Most attractive quadrant
Pareto line

Cost

Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Weighted average cost (USD) per Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index task, segmented by token type. Lower is better

Speed & Latency

Output Speed

Output tokens per second · Higher is better

Capability Scores

Capability Indices

Measures the performance of models on specific capabilities and industries
Finance & Accounting Index

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

Strategy & Ops Index

Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better

Legal Index

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

Healthcare & Medical Index

Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, MLCR-AA, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better

Engineering Index

Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, CritPt, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, Terminal-Bench v4.0 · Higher is better

Economics Index

Incorporates 5 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, AA-LCR v1.1 · Higher is better

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Further details

Weights
Provider Benchmarks
Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Non-reasoning)
Alibaba logoAlibaba
21
397B
17B active at inference time
262k
$0.9
87
WaferDeepInfraAlibaba Cloud
+3
Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Reasoning)
Alibaba logoAlibaba
19
397B
17B active at inference time
262k
$0.9
85
Alibaba CloudWaferParasail
+6