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Beam 1.0 vs Qwen3.5-0.8B

Beam 1.0 leads the LLM Stats Score 44.6 to -6.7.

Reflection AI · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Beam 1.0 leads the overall LLM Stats Score 44.6 to -6.7, ranking #46 overall.

In the 4 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Beam 1.0 wins 4; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Beam 1.0

  • overall performance matters — it scores 44.6 and ranks #46 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and agents — it leads those capability indexes
  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 4 of 4 exact shared results
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2026

Choose Qwen3.5-0.8B

  • you are already invested in the Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team ecosystem

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Beam 1.0
Reflection AI
Qwen3.5-0.8B
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
44.6
#46
-6.7
#388
Reasoning
45.5
#37
-4.0
#362
Agents
28.8
#53
-9.7
#210
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
4 of 4
0 of 4
Input price
$0.40 / M
— / M
Output price
$1.20 / M
— / M
Context window
1,048,576
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Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

3 shared
Index
Beam 1.0
Qwen3.5-0.8B
Math
35.1#45
-6.9#336
Tool use
26.4#32
-9.8#217
Long context
29.5#5
3.0#114
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

22 reported for Beam 1.0 · 20 for Qwen3.5-0.8B

4 shared

Beam 1.0 outperforms in 4 benchmarks (AA-LCR, GPQA, IFBench, LongBench v2), while Qwen3.5-0.8B is better at 0 benchmarks.

Beam 1.0 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Fri Oct 23 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

500.5B diff

Beam 1.0 has 500.5B more parameters than Qwen3.5-0.8B, making it 62562.5% larger.

Reflection AI
Beam 1.0
501.3Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3.5-0.8B
800,000,000parameters
501.3B
Beam 1.0
0.8B
Qwen3.5-0.8B

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Beam 1.0 specifies input context (1,048,576 tokens). Only Beam 1.0 specifies output context (131,072 tokens).

Reflection AI
Beam 1.0
Input1,048,576 tokens
Output131,072 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3.5-0.8B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Fri Oct 23 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Qwen3.5-0.8B supports multimodal inputs, whereas Beam 1.0 does not.

Qwen3.5-0.8B can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Beam 1.0

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen3.5-0.8B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Both models are licensed under Apache 2.0.

Both models share the same licensing terms, providing consistent usage rights.

Beam 1.0

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Qwen3.5-0.8B

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Beam 1.0 was released on 2026-10-16, while Qwen3.5-0.8B was released on 2026-03-02.

Beam 1.0 is 8 months newer than Qwen3.5-0.8B.

Beam 1.0

Oct 16, 2026

3 days ago

7mo newer
Qwen3.5-0.8B

Mar 2, 2026

7 months ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Beam 1.0 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2026-06-30, while Qwen3.5-0.8B's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Beam 1.0's training data extends to 2026-06-30, but cannot make a direct comparison without Qwen3.5-0.8B's cutoff date.

Beam 1.0

Jun 2026

Qwen3.5-0.8B

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Outputs Comparison

Notice missing or incorrect data?

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Beam 1.0 and Qwen3.5-0.8B side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Beam 1.0
✓ Preferred
Qwen3.5-0.8B
Open in Playground

FAQ

Common questions about Beam 1.0 vs Qwen3.5-0.8B.

Which is better, Beam 1.0 or Qwen3.5-0.8B?

Beam 1.0 leads the LLM Stats Score 44.6 to -6.7. Beam 1.0 is made by Reflection AI and Qwen3.5-0.8B is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Beam 1.0 compare to Qwen3.5-0.8B in benchmarks?

Beam 1.0 scores AIME 2026: 97.7%, GPQA: 90.6%, LiveCodeBench: 88.3%, SWE-Bench Verified: 81.6%, MCP Atlas: 80.8%. Qwen3.5-0.8B scores MMLU-Redux: 59.5%, Global PIQA: 59.4%, C-Eval: 50.5%, MMMLU: 44.3%, IFEval: 44.0%.

What are the context window sizes for Beam 1.0 and Qwen3.5-0.8B?

Beam 1.0 supports 1.0M tokens and Qwen3.5-0.8B supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Beam 1.0 and Qwen3.5-0.8B?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (44.6 vs -6.7), multimodal support (no vs yes). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Beam 1.0 and Qwen3.5-0.8B?

Beam 1.0 is developed by Reflection AI and Qwen3.5-0.8B is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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