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Qwen3.5-27B is Alibaba’s open-weights AI model, released Feb 24, 2026. It costs $0.20/M input and $1.56/M output tokens, and handles a 262K-token context window. Its strongest use case is agentic & tools, where it ranks in the 71st percentile of the models Model Beat tracks.

The Qwen3.5 27B native vision-language Dense model incorporates a linear attention mechanism, delivering fast response times while balancing inference speed and performance.

Context
262K
Input
$0.20 / 1M
Output
$1.56 / 1M
Released
Feb 24, 2026
Modalities
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Strongest atAgentic & Tools top 29%

Benchmarks

Scores on standardized evaluations. Higher is better — and rank shows where Qwen3.5-27B lands among all models tracked on Model Beat.

44.0
Intelligence Index
Epoch AI
44th percentile of tracked models
25.0
Coding Index
Epoch AI
25th percentile of tracked models
71.0
Agentic Index
Epoch AI
71st percentile of tracked models

Reasoning

3 evals
GPQA Diamond85.8%

Graduate-level scientific reasoning

Humanity's Last Exam23.9%

Frontier of human expert knowledge

WeirdML39.5%

Novel ML problem-solving

Coding

2 evals
SciCode39.5%

Scientific research coding

WebDev Arena1357

Human-rated web development

Agentic & Tools

1 evals
τ²-bench93.9%

Tool-agent-user reliability

In the news

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Changelog

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  • Qwen3.5-27B: Humanity's Last Exam improved from 22.2% to 23.9% (+8%)benchmark · Aug 6, 2026
  • Qwen3.5-27B: cheapest credible provider via Alibaba now $0.195 per 1M input tokens (was $0.26, -25%)cheapest provider · Jul 30, 2026
  • Qwen3.5-27B: cheapest credible provider via Alibaba now $1.56 per 1M output tokens (was $2, -22%)cheapest provider · Jul 30, 2026
  • Qwen3.5-27B: cheapest credible provider via SiliconFlow now $2 per 1M output tokens (was $2.6, -23%)cheapest provider · Jul 11, 2026
  • Qwen3.5-27B (Alibaba) added to the tracker.tracked · Jun 22, 2026

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Frequently asked questions

What is Qwen3.5-27B?

The Qwen3.5 27B native vision-language Dense model incorporates a linear attention mechanism, delivering fast response times while balancing inference speed and performance.

Who created Qwen3.5-27B?

Qwen3.5-27B is an AI model developed by Alibaba, part of the Qwen family, released Feb 24, 2026.

How much does Qwen3.5-27B cost?

Qwen3.5-27B's list price from Alibaba is $0.20 per million input tokens and $1.56 per million output tokens.

What is Qwen3.5-27B's context window?

Qwen3.5-27B supports a context window of up to 262K tokens.

How does Qwen3.5-27B perform on benchmarks?

On standardized evaluations tracked by Epoch AI, Qwen3.5-27B scores 93.9% on τ²-bench, 85.8% on GPQA Diamond, 23.9% on Humanity's Last Exam.

Is Qwen3.5-27B open source?

Qwen3.5-27B is released with open weights (Open weights (restricted use)), so the model can be downloaded and self-hosted.

Benchmark data from Epoch AI (CC BY) and Artificial Analysis; pricing, specs & descriptions from OpenRouter. Data updated Aug 20, 2026.