Compare/Qwen3.5 9B (Non-reasoning) vs Olmo 3 7B Instruct

Qwen3.5 9B (Non-reasoning)vsOlmo 3 7B Instruct

Side-by-side comparison of pricing, 12 benchmarks, and generation speed.

Alibaba

Qwen3.5 9B (Non-reasoning)

Input
$0.04/M
Output
$0.2/M
Speed
178 tok/s
TTFT
0.54s
Allen Institute for AI

Olmo 3 7B Instruct

Input
$0.1/M
Output
$0.2/M
Speed
TTFT

Winner by Category

Cheaper
Qwen3.5 9B (Non-reasoning)
Faster (tok/s)
Qwen3.5 9B (Non-reasoning)
Lower Latency
Olmo 3 7B Instruct
Benchmarks (7-4)
Qwen3.5 9B (Non-reasoning)

Pricing Comparison

MetricQwen3.5 9B (Non-reasoning)Olmo 3 7B Instruct
Input ($/M tokens)$0.04$0.1
Output ($/M tokens)$0.2$0.2
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
Qwen3.5 9B (Non-reasoning)$0.06
Olmo 3 7B Instruct$0.12

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Qwen3.5 9B (Non-reasoning)
178 tok/s
Olmo 3 7B Instruct
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Qwen3.5 9B (Non-reasoning)
0.54s
Olmo 3 7B Instruct

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
27.38.2
Coding Index
21.43.4
Math Index
41.3
GPQA Diamond
78.6%40.0%
MMLU-Pro
52.2%
LiveCodeBench
26.6%
AIME 2025
41.3%
MATH-500
Humanity's Last Exam
8.6%5.8%
SciCode
27.7%10.3%
IFBench
37.8%32.8%
TerminalBench
18.2%0.0%
Qwen3.5 9B (Non-reasoning)7 wins
4 winsOlmo 3 7B Instruct

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Qwen3.5 9B (Non-reasoning) or Olmo 3 7B Instruct?

Qwen3.5 9B (Non-reasoning) is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $0.08/M tokens vs $0.13/M for Olmo 3 7B Instruct.

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

Qwen3.5 9B (Non-reasoning) wins 7 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 4 for Olmo 3 7B Instruct. See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

Qwen3.5 9B (Non-reasoning) generates tokens faster at 178 tok/s vs 0 tok/s. However, Olmo 3 7B Instruct has lower time-to-first-token (0.00s vs 0.54s).

When should I use Qwen3.5 9B (Non-reasoning) vs Olmo 3 7B Instruct?

Choose based on your priorities: Qwen3.5 9B (Non-reasoning) for lower cost, Qwen3.5 9B (Non-reasoning) for stronger benchmark performance, and Qwen3.5 9B (Non-reasoning) for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.