Jamba 1.5 Large vs Qwen3.5-9B Comparison

Comparing Jamba 1.5 Large and Qwen3.5-9B across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

2 benchmarks

Jamba 1.5 Large outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Qwen3.5-9B is better at 2 benchmarks (GPQA, MMLU-Pro).

Qwen3.5-9B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers
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AI21 Labs
Jamba 1.5 Large
Input tokens$2.00
Output tokens$8.00
Best providerAWS Bedrock
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3.5-9B
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

389.0B diff

Jamba 1.5 Large has 389.0B more parameters than Qwen3.5-9B, making it 4322.2% larger.

AI21 Labs
Jamba 1.5 Large
398.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3.5-9B
9.0Bparameters
398.0B
Jamba 1.5 Large
9.0B
Qwen3.5-9B

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Jamba 1.5 Large specifies input context (256,000 tokens). Only Jamba 1.5 Large specifies output context (256,000 tokens).

AI21 Labs
Jamba 1.5 Large
Input256,000 tokens
Output256,000 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3.5-9B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Qwen3.5-9B supports multimodal inputs, whereas Jamba 1.5 Large does not.

Qwen3.5-9B can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Jamba 1.5 Large

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen3.5-9B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Jamba 1.5 Large is licensed under Jamba Open Model License, while Qwen3.5-9B uses Apache 2.0.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Jamba 1.5 Large

Jamba Open Model License

Open weights

Qwen3.5-9B

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Jamba 1.5 Large was released on 2024-08-22, while Qwen3.5-9B was released on 2026-03-02.

Qwen3.5-9B is 19 months newer than Jamba 1.5 Large.

Jamba 1.5 Large

Aug 22, 2024

1.6 years ago

Qwen3.5-9B

Mar 2, 2026

1 weeks ago

1.5yr newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Jamba 1.5 Large has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-03-05, while Qwen3.5-9B's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Jamba 1.5 Large's training data extends to 2024-03-05, but cannot make a direct comparison without Qwen3.5-9B's cutoff date.

Jamba 1.5 Large

Mar 2024

Qwen3.5-9B

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Larger context window (256,000 tokens)
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen3.5-9B

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Supports multimodal inputs
Higher GPQA score (81.7% vs 36.9%)
Higher MMLU-Pro score (82.5% vs 53.5%)

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
AI21 Labs
Jamba 1.5 Large
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3.5-9B