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Qwen: Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 vs Qwen: Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15

Side-by-side comparison of specs, pricing, benchmark scores, and task rankings. Updated 2026-11-07.

Qwen: Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 Qwen: Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15
Vendorqwenqwen
Quality Score100100
Input Price$0.30/M$0.26/M
Output Price$1.80/M$1.56/M
Context Window1,000,0001,000,000
Max Output65,53665,536
Tool Calling✓✓
Structured Output✓✓
Reasoning Mode✓✓
Vision✓✓
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The verdict

For a sample job of 1 million input tokens and 250,000 output tokens, Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 costs $0.65 and Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 costs $0.75, so Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 is slightly cheaper for the same work.

Both read up to 1,000,000 tokens at once, roughly 1,500 pages of text.

Across the 1 tasks where they differ, Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 on 1 (Bulk Data Labeling).

Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 was released in April 2026 and Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 in February 2026.

Pick Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 if you need lower cost.

Costs use current list prices per million tokens; page counts assume about 0.75 words per token and 500 words per page.

Who wins by task?

TaskQwen: Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20Qwen: Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15
Bulk Data Labeling 129 129

Scores reflect capability match + benchmark data + pricing for each task. Methodology →

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