Qwen3.5 4B (Non-reasoning)

Qwen3.5 4B (Non-reasoning)

Alibaba · Released Mar 2, 2026
Intelligence #238 / 756
36.5 our score
Speed #332 / 333
18.0 tok/s
Input Price #164 / 779
$0.030 per 1M tokens
Output Price #191 / 779
$0.150 per 1M tokens
Context
Not reported

Analysis Summary

Qwen3.5 4B Non-reasoning is a small, low-cost language model with limited general intelligence and coding results. The supplied data does not include agentic measures, context capacity, modality, vision, tool use, or function calling. Its main operational benefit is price, making it suitable for narrow, repeatable tasks rather than broad model consolidation.

Use cases include templated metadata, tagging, basic rewriting, extraction, and other SEO operations with clear validation rules. It should not handle strategic content, detailed briefs, software engineering, or unsupervised client communication. The absence of reasoning-oriented capability also limits performance on ambiguous instructions and multi-step tasks.

It can earn a place in a low-cost routing layer, but only where the workflow is deterministic and a stronger model or human reviewer handles exceptions.

Assessed September 7, 2026

Editorial notes

Qwen3.5 4B Non-reasoning is an inexpensive option for simple text transformation and SEO automation. Its limited reasoning and coding capability make it unsuitable for complex analysis, autonomous workflows, or high-stakes client content.

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DFO Verdict

Qwen3.5 4B Non-reasoning is an inexpensive option for simple text transformation and SEO automation. Its limited reasoning and coding capability make it unsuitable for complex analysis, autonomous workflows, or high-stakes client content.

#238 of 756 overall

How Qwen3.5 4B (Non-reasoning) compares

Qwen3.5 4B (Non-reasoning) ranks #227 of 438 AI models we track for overall intelligence, #151 of 210 for coding. At $0.03 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 79% of comparable models.

Position in the field
Intelligence: smarter than 69% of models #238
Speed: faster than 0% of models #332
Price: cheaper than 79% of models #164
worst in fieldmedianbest in field
Price vs frontier peers · $ per 1M tokens
Qwen3.5 4B (Non-reasoning) $0.03 in $0.15 out
OpenAI: GPT-6 Astra $10.00 in $50.00 out
Anthropic: Claude Fable 5.1 $10.00 in $50.00 out
Claude Opus 5 $5.00 in $25.00 out

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

Context window vs peers · tokens
Qwen3.5 4B (Non-reasoning) 0

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

Intelligence1.4Technical2.4Value7.3Content4
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 $0.03 $0.000030
Output $0.15 $0.000150

What would Qwen3.5 4B (Non-reasoning) cost your business?

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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 4B (Non-reasoning)

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Frequently asked questions about Qwen3.5 4B (Non-reasoning)

How much does Qwen3.5 4B (Non-reasoning) cost?

Qwen3.5 4B (Non-reasoning) costs $0.03 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens.

Is Qwen3.5 4B (Non-reasoning) good for coding?

On our coding benchmark index, Qwen3.5 4B (Non-reasoning) ranks #151 of 210 models, placing it in the broader range of the field for code generation and debugging.

Who created Qwen3.5 4B (Non-reasoning)?

Qwen3.5 4B (Non-reasoning) is developed by Alibaba and was released on March 2, 2026.

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