Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15

Alibaba Qwen chatcodereasoningtool_usevideovision Long

API ID: qwen/qwen3.5-plus-20260216

Input Price
$0.26
/1M tokens
Output Price
$1.56
/1M tokens

About Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15

The Qwen3.5 native vision-language series Plus models are built on a hybrid architecture that integrates linear attention mechanisms with sparse mixture-of-experts models, achieving higher inference efficiency. In a variety of task evaluations, the 3.5 series consistently demonstrates performance on par with state-of-the-art leading models. Compared to the 3 series, these models show a leap forward in both pure-text and multimodal capabilities.

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Price Ranking
#918 lowest price among 1240 Chat models

Model Specifications

Context Length
1.0M
Max Output
66k
Release Date
2026-02-16
Capabilities
chat code reasoning tool_use video vision
Input Modalities
textimagevideo
Output Modalities
text

Best For

  • Complex reasoning, math problems, multi-step logic
  • Code generation, debugging, code review, refactoring
  • Image analysis, document understanding, visual Q&A
  • Conversations, content writing, general assistance

Consider Alternatives For

  • Simple Q&A (cheaper models available)

๐Ÿ’ฐ Real-World Cost Examples

Estimated monthly costs for common use cases

Personal AI Assistant
$0.58
/month
50 conversations/day, ~500 tokens each
Code Copilot
$4.99
/month
200 completions/day, ~1k tokens each
Customer Service Bot
$17.94
/month
1000 tickets/day, ~800 tokens each
Data Analysis Pipeline
$24.57
/month
500 analyses/day, ~2k tokens each

Alibaba Qwen Model Lineup

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๐Ÿš€ Quick Start

Get started with Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 API

OpenAI-compatible SDK
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.provider.com/v1",
    api_key="YOUR_API_KEY"
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="qwen/qwen3.5-plus-20260216",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}
    ]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)