Updated 9 Nov · updated in the last 30 hours

Qwen Qwen3.5-9B: price rise input $0.080 → $0.170 per 1M tokens (+112 %), output $0.130 → $0.250 per 1M tokens (+92 %)

On the listed price of Qwen Qwen3.5-9B changed: input $0.080 → $0.170 per 1M tokens (+112 %); output $0.130 → $0.250 per 1M tokens (+92 %). A later check on confirmed it. Prices as listed in the United States.

What changed

Qwen Qwen3.5-9B is more expensive 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)$0.0001$0.0003$2.13$4.45
L2 · Deep analysis over a 50,000-token document$0.013$0.028$191.41$405.59
L3 · Agentic coding loop, 15 steps$0.106$0.226$1,553.59$3,297.92

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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$0.08 → $0.17$0.00$0.10$0.20$0.30Output / 1M tokens$0.13 → $0.25$0.00$0.10$0.20$0.30Input / 1M tokens$0.08 → $0.17$0.00$0.10$0.20$0.30Output / 1M tokens$0.13 → $0.25$0.00$0.10$0.20$0.30

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

Before$191.41Now$405.59$0$200$400$600Before$191.41Now$405.59$0$200$400$600
Fresh inputVisible output

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

$214.18 more per month at 14,600 tasks.

Before$2.13Now$4.45$0$2$4$6Before$2.13Now$4.45$0$2$4$6
Fresh inputVisible output

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

$2.32 more per month at 14,600 tasks.

Before$1,553.59Now$3,297.92$0$1,000$2,000$3,000$4,000Before$1,553.59Now$3,297.92$0$1,000$2,000$3,000$4,000
Fresh inputVisible output

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

$1,744.34 more 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$0.08$0.17
Output$0.13$0.25

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.