Alibaba (Qwen) · Released Feb 16, 2026Qwen3.5 Plus
Qwen vision-language model for visual reasoning, documents, and agent tasks.
- Capability
- 146.8ECI · #65 of 148
- Input
- $0.40per 1M tokens
- Output
- $2.40per 1M tokens
- Context
- 1M66K max output
What it costs
- Input
- $0.40per million tokens
- Output
- $2.40per million tokens
- Blended (3:1)
- $0.90pricier than 53% of priced models
Typical monthly bills
| Monthly usage | Estimated cost |
|---|---|
| Side project2M input + 0.5M output tokens | $2.00 |
| Team assistant25M input + 5M output tokens | $22.00 |
| Production app250M input + 50M output tokens | $220.00 |
Official Alibaba API price, as listed on models.dev.
Independent benchmarks
#65 of 148 scored models
The shaded band is Epoch AI’s confidence range (144.6–148.1); the tick marks the median scored model.
Scores from Epoch AI, run independently of Alibaba (Qwen).
The details
- Lab
- Alibaba (Qwen)
- Released
- Feb 16, 2026
- Knowledge cutoff
- Apr 2025
- Context window
- 1,000,000 tokens
- Max output
- 65,536 tokens
- Inputs
- Text, Images, Video
- Output
- Text
- Reasoning
- Thinking budget
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Structured output
- No
- Weights
- Proprietary
- API model ID
qwen3.5-pluson Alibaba- Availability
- 10 API providerslisted on models.dev
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About Qwen3.5 Plus
How much does Qwen3.5 Plus cost?
Qwen3.5 Plus costs $0.40 input / $2.40 output per million tokens (official Alibaba API price). At a 3:1 input-to-output mix that is $0.90 per million tokens, more expensive than 53% of the 360 priced models we track.
What is the context window of Qwen3.5 Plus?
Qwen3.5 Plus accepts up to 1,000,000 tokens per request and can write up to 65,536 tokens in one response.
How good is Qwen3.5 Plus?
Epoch AI gives Qwen3.5 Plus a Capabilities Index score of 146.8 (likely range 144.6–148.1), ranking it #65 of 148 models Epoch has scored. Epoch AI benchmark results: GPQA Diamond 84.9%, OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 86.7%, SimpleQA Verified 25.4%.
Is Qwen3.5 Plus open source?
No. Qwen3.5 Plus is proprietary; you use it through Alibaba’s API or partner platforms.
What inputs does Qwen3.5 Plus support?
Qwen3.5 Plus accepts text, images and video and replies in text. It is a reasoning model, supports tool calling.
When was Qwen3.5 Plus released?
Alibaba (Qwen) released Qwen3.5 Plus on Feb 16, 2026. Its training data runs to Apr 2025.
What are the best alternatives to Qwen3.5 Plus?
The closest current models from other labs on capability, price and release date are MiniMax-M2.5 (MiniMax, ECI 146.7, $0.30 / $1.20), Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (NVIDIA, ECI 146.2, $0.50 / $2.50), Kimi K2.5 (Moonshot AI, ECI 148.0, $0.60 / $3.00) and GLM-5 (Z.ai (Zhipu), ECI 145.8, $1.00 / $3.20).