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Qwen VL Max vs Qwen3.5-27B

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Qwen VL Max wins:

  • No clear advantages in compared metrics

Qwen3.5-27B wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
Price Advantage
Qwen3.5-27B
Benchmark Advantage
Qwen3.5-27B
Context Window
Qwen3.5-27B
Speed
Qwen3.5-27B

Pricing Comparison

Benchmark Comparison

Context & Performance

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureQwen VL MaxQwen3.5-27B
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyQwen VL MaxQwen3.5-27B
LicenseProprietaryOpen Source
AuthorQwenQwen
ReleasedFeb 2025Feb 2026

Qwen VL Max Modalities

Input
textimage
Output
text

Qwen3.5-27B Modalities

Input
textimagevideo
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

Qwen3.5-27B has cheaper input pricing at $0.20/M tokens. Qwen3.5-27B has cheaper output pricing at $0.90/M tokens.
Qwen3.5-27B scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 33.4, compared to Qwen VL Max's score of N/A.
Qwen VL Max has a 131,072 token context window, while Qwen3.5-27B has a 262,144 token context window.
Qwen VL Max supports vision. Qwen3.5-27B supports vision.