Qwen3.5 0.8B (Reasoning)

Qwen3.5 0.8B (Reasoning)

Alibaba · Released Mar 2, 2026
Intelligence #223 / 650
38.7 our score
Speed #280 / 296
30.6 tok/s
Input Price #134 / 688
$0.010 per 1M tokens
Output Price #139 / 688
$0.050 per 1M tokens
Context
Not reported

Analysis Summary

Qwen3.5 0.8B (Reasoning) is a tiny model that punches above its weight on agentic benchmarks relative to its size, but scores very low on general reasoning, comprehension, and instruction-following.

It could serve narrow, well-defined automation loops at minimal cost, but is unsuitable for content generation, coding, or open-ended reasoning tasks.

A niche utility model rather than a general business tool.

Assessed July 29, 2026

Editorial notes

Qwen3.5 0.8B (Reasoning) shows a surprising agentic score for its size but very weak general reasoning and content quality.

Rankings consider pricing, capabilities, benchmarks, and real-world applicability and are refreshed as new models launch. Feedback?

DFO Verdict

Qwen3.5 0.8B (Reasoning) shows a surprising agentic score for its size but very weak general reasoning and content quality.

#223 of 650 overall

Benchmark scores

GPQA Diamond 11.1%
HLE 1.2%
τ²-Bench 47.7%
IFBench 21.5%
LCR 5.3%

Magenta = intelligence · Ink = technical/agentic · Cyan = content & long-context · Grey = community benchmarks. Data: Artificial Analysis, Hugging Face.

5.5 Intelligence Index·5.7 Agentic Index

How Qwen3.5 0.8B (Reasoning) compares

Qwen3.5 0.8B (Reasoning) ranks #327 of 401 AI models we track for overall intelligence, #176 of 176 for coding, #110 of 157 for agentic tasks. At $0.01 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 81% of comparable models.

Position in the field
Intelligence: smarter than 66% of models #223
Speed: faster than 5% of models #280
Price: cheaper than 81% of models #134
worst in fieldmedianbest in field
Price vs frontier peers · $ per 1M tokens
Qwen3.5 0.8B (Reasoning) $0.01 in $0.05 out
Anthropic: Claude Fable 5 $10.00 in $50.00 out
Claude Opus 5 $5.00 in $25.00 out
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 $5.00 in $25.00 out

Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.

Context window vs peers · tokens

1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.

Intelligence0.7Technical5.3Value7.3Content1.5
Performance profile

Strongest on value. The pulled-in intelligence corner is the trade-off, and if the shape matters more than the price, this is your model.

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Pricing

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

What would Qwen3.5 0.8B (Reasoning) cost your business?

Pick the job that looks most like yours, then fine-tune with the sliders. Estimates update live.

A website chatbot handling around 100 customer conversations a day, a few short messages each.

3,000
One request is one message, email, draft or automation call.
1,200 tokens

$0/mo Qwen3.5 0.8B (Reasoning)

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These numbers get smaller with the right architecture.

We route routine calls to cheap models and save Qwen3.5 0.8B (Reasoning) for the hard ones. Most clients cut their estimate by 60-80%.

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Frequently asked questions about Qwen3.5 0.8B (Reasoning)

How much does Qwen3.5 0.8B (Reasoning) cost?

Qwen3.5 0.8B (Reasoning) costs $0.01 per million input tokens and $0.05 per million output tokens.

Is Qwen3.5 0.8B (Reasoning) good for coding?

On our coding benchmark index, Qwen3.5 0.8B (Reasoning) ranks #176 of 176 models, placing it in the broader range of the field for code generation and debugging.

Who created Qwen3.5 0.8B (Reasoning)?

Qwen3.5 0.8B (Reasoning) is developed by Alibaba and was released on March 2, 2026.

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