Updated 9 Nov · updated in the last 30 hours

Qwen Qwen3.5-9B: price cut input $0.100 → $0.080 per 1M tokens (-20 %), output $0.150 → $0.130 per 1M tokens (-13 %)

On the listed price of Qwen Qwen3.5-9B changed: input $0.100 → $0.080 per 1M tokens (-20 %); output $0.150 → $0.130 per 1M tokens (-13 %). A later check on confirmed it. Prices as listed in the United States.

What changed

Qwen Qwen3.5-9B is cheaper on OpenRouter. Source: price page as read.

What it does to a task

Standard tasks, visible output only, no cache discount; month = 20 tasks an hour around the clock.

Price change: Published input and output rates before and now; both money axes start at zero. Published rates · Qwen3.5-9B The same token volumes are priced before and after the confirmed rate change. Published rates · USD per million tokens. Open circle: before. Filled circle: now.
Price change.Published rates · Qwen3.5-9B The same token volumes are priced before and after the confirmed rate change. Published rates · USD per million tokens. Open circle: before. Filled circle: now. Open image · Explore the chart · Measured Lab · CC BY 4.0
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TaskPer task, beforePer task, nowPer month, beforePer month, now
L1 · Micro-task (classification or strict JSON extraction)$0.0002$0.0001$2.63$2.13
L2 · Deep analysis over a 50,000-token document$0.016$0.013$238.71$191.41
L3 · Agentic coding loop, 15 steps$0.133$0.106$1,940.34$1,553.59

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Published rates · Qwen3.5-9B

What the price change does to your bill

The same token volumes are priced before and after the confirmed rate change.

Input / 1M tokens$0.10 → $0.08$0.00$0.05$0.10$0.15Output / 1M tokens$0.15 → $0.13$0.00$0.05$0.10$0.15Input / 1M tokens$0.10 → $0.08$0.00$0.05$0.10$0.15Output / 1M tokens$0.15 → $0.13$0.00$0.05$0.10$0.15

Published rates · USD per million tokens. Open circle: before. Filled circle: now.

Before$238.71Now$191.41$0$100$200$300Before$238.71Now$191.41$0$100$200$300
Fresh inputVisible output

159,000 input + 3,000 visible output tokens per task. No cache discount; hidden reasoning excluded.

$47.30 less per month at 14,600 tasks.

Before$2.63Now$2.13$0$1$2$3Before$2.63Now$2.13$0$1$2$3
Fresh inputVisible output

1,500 input + 200 visible output tokens per task. No cache discount; hidden reasoning excluded.

$0.496 less per month at 14,600 tasks.

Before$1,940.34Now$1,553.59$0$500$1,000$1,500$2,000Before$1,940.34Now$1,553.59$0$500$1,000$1,500$2,000
Fresh inputVisible output

1,315,500 input + 9,000 visible output tokens per task. No cache discount; hidden reasoning excluded.

$386.75 less per month at 14,600 tasks.

Assumption: 20 tasks/hour × 730 hours. No cache discount; hidden reasoning excluded.

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Confirmed price change

First seen and confirmed are different dates.

  1. Before
  2. First seen
  3. Confirmed
Published rate / 1MBeforeNow
Input$0.10$0.08
Output$0.15$0.13

A second measurement on a later date confirmed each new rate. The dates describe our readings, not a provider announcement date.

Sources: this page; published model prices (data (JSON)); task assumptions (data (JSON)). Published prices · Observed responses · Calculated scenarios · Assumptions stated with each chart.