@meta
  v: 1
  route: /model/qwen-3-5-9b
  generated: 2026-08-01T10:54:06.928Z

@intent
  purpose:    Show what hardware can run Qwen 3.5 9B.
  audience:   ai-engineer, self-hoster, model-evaluator
  capability: inspect_model_specs, find_compatible_gpus, compare_similar_models, open_huggingface

@state
  slug: qwen-3-5-9b
  name: Qwen 3.5 9B
  hf_repo: Qwen/Qwen3.5-9B
  params_b: 9
  active_params_b: ~
  family: Alibaba
  type: dense
  context_k: 128
  fp16_gb: 18
  summary: Q1 2026 Qwen3.5 dense. The new sub-10B reference; vision-capable variants ship under the same family.
  smallest_fitting_gpu_q4: rtx-3070
  smallest_fitting_gpu_fp16: rtx-3090

@actions
  - id: open_huggingface
    method: GET
    href: https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.5-9B
  - id: view_compatible_gpus
    method: GET
    href: /model/qwen-3-5-9b
  - id: compare_similar
    method: GET
    href: /model/gemma-2-9b
  - id: view_calculator
    method: GET
    href: /#calculator

@context
  > Q1 2026 Qwen3.5 dense. The new sub-10B reference; vision-capable variants ship under the same family.

@nav
  self:      /model/qwen-3-5-9b
  parents:   [/]
  peers:     [/model/gemma-2-9b, /model/llama-3-1-8b, /model/granite-8b, /model/mistral-7b]
  drilldown: /the-math