o3 Pro vs Qwen3.5-9B
Updated October 21, 2026. 5 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.
Decision reading
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Compare them on price, context and the boards below.
- Shared results
- 5
- o3 Pro only
- 6
- Qwen3.5-9B only
- 10
- Like-for-like categories
- 3 of 9
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results only one model has describe coverage, not superiority.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Neither has a coding score yet.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
o3 Pro
o3 Pro leads, 21.9 against 13.3.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
Qwen3.5-9B
Qwen3.5-9B takes 262K tokens against 200K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Qwen3.5-9B
o3 Pro $0.060, Qwen3.5-9B $0.0002 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- o3 Pro not benchmarked, Qwen3.5-9B not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- General, 14.9 points apart on average over 2 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- DTBench: o3 Pro 86.9% against Qwen3.5-9B 71.2%, 15.7 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- o3 Pro $80.00 against Qwen3.5-9B $0.15 per million output tokens, 533.3x apart.
- Context window
- o3 Pro takes 200K tokens, Qwen3.5-9B 262K.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | o3 Pro | Bars | Qwen3.5-9B | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence | 2 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 1 | 0 | ||
| General | 2 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 5 | 0 |
CodingDirectional onlySix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index6 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | o3 Pro | Qwen3.5-9B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aider polyglot | 84.9% | Not measured | Only o3 Pro measured |
| AA Coding Index | Not measured | 23.5 | Only Qwen3.5-9B measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 29.5% | Only Qwen3.5-9B measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 24.2% | Only Qwen3.5-9B measured |
| Terminal-Bench | Not measured | 9.2% | Only Qwen3.5-9B measured |
| WeirdML | 58.2% | Not measured | Only o3 Pro measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 32 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | o3 Pro | Qwen3.5-9B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 21.9 | 13.3 | o3 Pro |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 147.3 | 139.3 | o3 Pro |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board, none shared
| Benchmark | o3 Pro | Qwen3.5-9B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| τ²-Bench Telecom | Not measured | 86.8% | Only Qwen3.5-9B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 38 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | o3 Pro | Qwen3.5-9B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 84.5% | 80.6% | o3 Pro |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 14.9% | Only Qwen3.5-9B measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | Not measured | 79.0% | Only Qwen3.5-9B measured |
| ARC-AGI | 59.3% | Not measured | Only o3 Pro measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 4.9% | Not measured | Only o3 Pro measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board, none shared
| Benchmark | o3 Pro | Qwen3.5-9B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | Not measured | 61.7% | Only Qwen3.5-9B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 12 boards here | |||
KnowledgeNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | o3 Pro | Qwen3.5-9B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 17 boards here | |||
Web designNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | o3 Pro | Qwen3.5-9B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 9 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | o3 Pro | Qwen3.5-9B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFBench | Not measured | 66.7% | Only Qwen3.5-9B measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | Not measured | 70.0% | Only Qwen3.5-9B measured |
| DTBench | 86.9% | 71.2% | o3 Pro |
| LMCA | 38.5% | 24.5% | o3 Pro |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 97.2% | Not measured | Only o3 Pro measured |
| Creative writing (Lech Mazur) | 84.4% | Not measured | Only o3 Pro measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 40 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | o3 Pro | Qwen3.5-9B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
Qwen3.5-9B costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Qwen3.5-9B costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Qwen3.5-9B costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | OpenAI o3 Pro | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | OpenAI | Qwen |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | June 10, 2025 | March 10, 2026 |
| Context window | 200K | 262K |
| Input $/Mtok | $20.00 | $0.10 |
| Output $/Mtok | $80.00 | $0.15 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is o3 Pro better than Qwen3.5-9B for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Compare them on price, context and the boards below.
Which is cheaper, o3 Pro or Qwen3.5-9B?
o3 Pro costs $20.00 per million input tokens and $80.00 per million output tokens; Qwen3.5-9B costs $0.10 and $0.15. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, o3 Pro or Qwen3.5-9B?
Qwen3.5-9B, with 262K tokens against 200K.
How many benchmarks is the o3 Pro vs Qwen3.5-9B comparison based on?
5 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. o3 Pro's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Qwen3.5-9B's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.