Alibaba

Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Reasoning)

AI model by Alibaba. Real-time pricing and benchmark data.

Pricing (per 1M tokens)

Input$0.60
Output$3.60
Blended (3:1)$1.35

Source: Artificial Analysis

Performance

Output Speed88 tok/s
Time to First Token2110ms

Median values from Artificial Analysis

Editorial Analysis

Profile. Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Reasoning) is a budget-tier option from Alibaba at $3.60/M output tokens. Despite the low price, it scores competitively on Coding Index (48.2) and Intelligence Index (34.3) — making it a candidate for high-volume production workloads where unit cost dominates.

Latency. On latency, Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Reasoning) reports 88 tok/s output speed and 2110ms time-to-first-token. Output speed is on the slower end; for real-time chat consider pairing with a streaming front-end or routing latency-sensitive requests to a faster model.

Cost model. For a workload of 1M input tokens + 100K output tokens, Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Reasoning) costs $0.96 per million input-equivalent requests. Multiply by your monthly request volume to project the bill, and compare against the speed/correctness profile above to decide if the trade-off is worth it for your workload.

Editorial summary generated from public pricing and benchmark data (Artificial Analysis API). All numbers are sourced — see the Artificial Analysis methodology for benchmark definitions. Last refreshed 2026-08-24.

Compare with similar models

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Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Reasoning)Current
$0.60$3.6088 tok/s
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$0.75$3.75222 tok/s
Gemini 3.7 Flash (high)
$0.75$3.75323 tok/s
Gemini 3.7 Flash (low)
$0.75$3.75303 tok/s
Gemini 3.7 Flash (medium)
$0.75$3.75317 tok/s
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (Reasoning, Max Effort)
$1.32$3.9674 tok/s

Example Costs

Single Request
$0.0024
1.0K in / 500 out
1K Requests/day
$2.40
1.0M in / 500.0K out
10K Requests/day
$24.00
10.0M in / 5.0M out