Qwen3.5 0.8B (Non-reasoning)
Analysis Summary
At under a billion parameters, Qwen3.5 0.8B (Non-reasoning) scores near the floor across intelligence, coding, and agentic benchmarks.
It has no meaningful business application beyond the most trivial text classification, and should not be used for reasoning, coding, or content tasks.
Only relevant where extreme cost or on-device constraints outweigh capability needs.
Assessed July 29, 2026
Editorial notes
Qwen3.5 0.8B (Non-reasoning) is a minimal-footprint model with very limited reasoning, coding, and agentic capability.
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DFO Verdict
Qwen3.5 0.8B (Non-reasoning) is a minimal-footprint model with very limited reasoning, coding, and agentic capability.
How Qwen3.5 0.8B (Non-reasoning) compares
Qwen3.5 0.8B (Non-reasoning) ranks #363 of 401 AI models we track for overall intelligence, #175 of 176 for coding, #153 of 157 for agentic tasks. At $0.01 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 81% of comparable models.
Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.
1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.
Strongest on value. The pulled-in technical corner is the trade-off, and if the shape matters more than the price, this is your model.
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| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.01 | $0.000010 |
| Output | $0.05 | $0.000050 |
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A website chatbot handling around 100 customer conversations a day, a few short messages each.
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Talk to our teamFrequently asked questions about Qwen3.5 0.8B (Non-reasoning)
How much does Qwen3.5 0.8B (Non-reasoning) cost?
Qwen3.5 0.8B (Non-reasoning) costs $0.01 per million input tokens and $0.05 per million output tokens.
Is Qwen3.5 0.8B (Non-reasoning) good for coding?
On our coding benchmark index, Qwen3.5 0.8B (Non-reasoning) ranks #175 of 176 models, placing it in the broader range of the field for code generation and debugging.
Who created Qwen3.5 0.8B (Non-reasoning)?
Qwen3.5 0.8B (Non-reasoning) is developed by Alibaba and was released on March 2, 2026.
