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Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B vs Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B

Try both on us. Starter credit covers your first requests, then one key routes Qwen3.5-122B-A10B and Qwen3.5 397B A17B. Switch by changing the model name.

Compare routesProviders, price, context, and policy posture in one view.

Use auto when uptime mattersKeep a primary model and let fallback handle provider failures.

Same API shapeUse the OpenAI client and set the model you want.

Practical read

Monthly evidence

Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B has the lower published input-plus-output rate. Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B has more Credits provider routes. Their context windows are the same size. There is not enough recent probe data to compare speed.

$2.4687/1MQwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B cheapest route

$3.63975/1MQwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B cheapest route

not enough dataQwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B fastest measured p50 TTFT

not enough dataQwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B fastest measured p50 TTFT

The price comparison adds each route's rate for one million input tokens and one million output tokens; your cost depends on your input/output mix. Prices and live route measurements can change. Use the monthly reports when you need a stable evidence window, then run a small task-specific eval before choosing a production default.

Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10BQwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B

Model idqwen/qwen3.5-122b-a10bqwen/qwen3.5-397b-a17b

Publisher Alibaba Cloud Model Studio Alibaba Cloud Model Studio

AI IQ — —

Context262,144 tokens262,144 tokens

Credits provider routes611

Cheapest route$2.4687/1M$3.63975/1M

Cached input$0.0422/1M to $0.3165/1M$0.047475/1M to $0.58025/1M

Privacy posturehas ZDR routehas Confidential route (E2EE + ZDR)

Fastest measured p50 TTFTnot enough datanot enough data

Highest measured throughputnot enough datanot enough data

Recent route uptime rangenot enough datanot enough data

Modes chat chat

Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B routes

Overview6 Credits routes
PricingInput, cached input, and output rates
ProvidersAll serving providers

Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B routes

Overview11 Credits routes
PricingInput, cached input, and output rates
ProvidersAll serving providers

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Production choice

Pick a default model. Keep fallback enabled.

TrustedRouter is useful when you know the model you want, but still need provider rollover, budget limits, usage records, and a prompt path you can verify.

OpenAI clientPython

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api-azure.trustedrouter.com/v1",
    api_key="sk-tr-v1-..."
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="qwen/qwen3.5-122b-a10b",
    messages=messages,
)

Questions

Which should I use, Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B?

Is Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B cheaper?

The current cheapest TrustedRouter route is $2.4687/1M for Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B and $3.63975/1M for Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B. The comparison uses current catalog prices and updates as provider pricing changes.

Is Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B faster?

Current measured p50 time to first token is not enough data for Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B and not enough data for Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B. These are routed probe measurements, not vendor-advertised speeds, and update as new samples arrive.

Can I test Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B and Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B with the same API?

Yes. Use the same OpenAI-compatible TrustedRouter base URL and API key, then change only the model id between qwen/qwen3.5-122b-a10b and qwen/qwen3.5-397b-a17b. This makes side-by-side evals possible without maintaining two provider integrations.