Head to head
Qwen3.5-9BvsQwen3 8B
For tasks, about a month.
Verdict · measured basis
Qwen3.5-9B costs $0.0038 per solved task against
Qwen3 8B at $0.0043 — ▼ 1.1x cheaper.
Over 200 tasks that is $0.10 a month.
On output token price alone Qwen3.5-9B looks 3.0x cheaper. The ranking holds, but the margin changes.
Verified pricing, pass rate and cost per solved task for Qwen3.5-9B and Qwen3 8B| Figure | Qwen3.5-9B | Qwen3 8B |
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| Input $/Mtok | $0.1 | $0.117 |
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| Output $/Mtok | $0.15 | $0.455 |
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| Cached input $/Mtok | $0.1 | $0.117 |
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| Pass rate | 28% | 57% |
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| Cost per solved task | $0.0038measured | $0.0043measured |
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| Cost per month | $0.77 | $0.87 |
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Cost per month against tasks per month · drag the marker
Solid measured · dashed modeled · dotted stale. The gap is the verdict.
Solvency Bench (solvency.dev) — first-party measurement · verified 2026-08-26 · prices from each provider's pricing page; measured rows ignore the tier · Methodology · All models at these settings