Qwen3.5 9B

Name: Qwen3.5 9B
Author: Alibaba

Alibaba

Qwen3.5 9B is a compact model from the Qwen3.5 series with reasoning capabilities. Suitable for local deployment while maintaining a high level of intelligence.

Key Specifications

Parameters

9.0B

Context

Release Date

March 1, 2026

Average Score

86.7%

API Documentation Repository Model Weights Results Blog

Timeline

Key dates in the model's history

Announcement

March 1, 2026

Last Update

March 21, 2026

Today

March 26, 2026

Technical Specifications

Parameters

9.0B

Training Tokens

Knowledge Cutoff

Family

Capabilities

MultimodalZeroEval

Benchmark Results

Model performance metrics across various tests and benchmarks

Other Tests

Specialized benchmarks

IFEval

Mode thinking • Self-reported

92.0%

MMLU-Redux

Mode thinking • Self-reported

91.0%

C-Eval

Mode thinking • Self-reported

88.0%

MAXIFE

Mode thinking • Self-reported

83.0%

Global PIQA

Mode thinking • Self-reported

83.0%

HMMT 2025

2025 • Self-reported

83.0%

License & Metadata

License

apache-2.0

Announcement Date

March 1, 2026

Last Updated

March 21, 2026

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