compare/Qwen 3.5 397B A17BvsQwen3-Embedding-0.6b

Qwen 3.5 397B A17B vs Qwen3-Embedding-0.6b

Pricing, context window, capabilities, and release date — pulled from each provider's public docs. Both are available via the same AIgateway OpenAI-compatible endpoint; flip the model string to switch.

RUN BOTH LIVE

Paste a prompt. Watch them race.

Both models stream in parallel through your own AIgateway key. Tokens, latency, and cost update as they arrive.

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 Qwen 3.5 397B A17B
alibaba/qwen3.5-397b-a17b
Qwen3-Embedding-0.6b
qwen/qwen3-embedding-0.6b
ProviderAlibabaAlibaba Qwen
FamilyQwenQwen
Modalitytextembedding
Context window262,144 tok8,192 tok
Max output4,096 tok
Released2026-04-152025-06-18
Input price$0.600 /1M$0.012 /1M
Output price$3.60 /1M
Cache read
Toolsyes
Streamingyes
Vision
JSON modeyes
Reasoningyes
Prompt caching
Qwen 3.5 397B A17B
alibaba/qwen3.5-397b-a17b
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Alibaba's Qwen 3.5 is a 397B-parameter mixture-of-experts model with 17B active parameters, offering strong reasoning capabilities with efficient inference.

Strengths
  • MoE efficiency: 17B active of 397B
  • Strong reasoning at low cost
  • 262k context
Qwen3-Embedding-0.6b
qwen/qwen3-embedding-0.6b
Full spec →

The Qwen3 Embedding model series is the latest proprietary model of the Qwen family, specifically designed for text embedding and ranking tasks.

Strengths
  • Semantic similarity
  • Vector search
SWITCH BETWEEN THEM

One key, both models, one line different.

# pip install aigateway-py openai
# aigateway-py: sub-accounts, evals, replays, jobs, webhook verify.
# openai SDK: chat/embeddings/images/audio — drop-in compat per our SDK's own guidance.
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.aigateway.sh/v1",
    api_key="sk-aig-...",
)

# Try Qwen 3.5 397B A17B
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="alibaba/qwen3.5-397b-a17b",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)

# Try Qwen3-Embedding-0.6b — same client, same key
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="qwen/qwen3-embedding-0.6b",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)
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