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Checked Active: 2026-10-15
Alibaba Qwen

Qwen 3.5 (local)

Wide size range from 0.8B to 122B. The 9B is a strong laptop coder; 27B and 35B for workstation use.

Evaluation Analysis: Vision, tools and thinking. Plan on RAM or VRAM of roughly the download size plus 2 to 4 GB for context.
Context Window256K
Input Price / 1MFree (local)
Output Price / 1MFree (local)
Release Date2026

Run it locally

ollama run qwen3.5:9b
Ollama tag
qwen3.5:9b (also 0.8b, 2b, 4b, 27b, 35b, 122b)
LM Studio name
qwen/qwen3.5-9b (also -2b, -4b, -27b, -35b-a3b)
Download size by quantization
4B 3.3 GB Q4 / 5.2 GB Q8; 9B 6.6 / 10 GB; 27B 17 / 30 GB; 35B 22 GB; 122B 81 GB
License
Apache 2.0

Memory needed is roughly the download size plus 2 to 4 GB for context. See how to run AI locally.

Specs and prices checked 2026-10-15 against the official page.

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