Qwen3.5 0.8B (Non-reasoning)

Qwen3.5 0.8B (Non-reasoning)

Alibaba · Released Mar 2, 2026 Efficient
Intelligence #228 / 556
37.7 Our Score
Speed #134 / 257
89.9 tokens / sec
Input #119 / 557
$0.010 per 1M tokens
Output #125 / 557
$0.050 per 1M tokens
Context
Not reported

Analysis Summary

Qwen3.5 0.8B (Non-reasoning) sits in the Efficient tier on our leaderboard, ranked #228 of 556 published models on overall intelligence. At $0.010 input and $0.050 output per 1M tokens, it is among the most expensive on the market.

Editorial notes

Qwen3.5 0.8B (Non-reasoning) is a sub-1B parameter model priced at $0.01/1M tokens, useful only for the simplest text tasks where cost is the primary constraint and quality is secondary.

Assessed May 14, 2026

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Performance Profile

Intelligence1.8Technical3.4Value7.3Content2.5
Intelligence 1.8/10
Technical 3.4/10
Content 2.5/10
Value 7.3/10

Performance Indices

Source: Artificial Analysis

9.9 Intelligence Index
1 Coding Index
65.2 Agentic Index

Benchmark Scores

Intelligence

GPQA Diamond 23.6% Graduate-level scientific reasoning
HLE 4.9% Humanity's Last Exam
SciCode 2.9% Scientific computing

Technical

τ²-Bench 65.2% Conversational agent benchmark

Content

IFBench 21.6% Instruction following
LCR 6.7% Long-context reasoning

Benchmark data from Artificial Analysis and Hugging Face

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Model Information

ProviderAlibaba
Release Date March 2, 2026
Status Active

Pricing

Token Type Cost per 1M tokens Cost per 1K tokens
Input $0.01 $0.000010
Output $0.05 $0.000050