Qwen3.5 397B A17B vs Sakana Namazu
Side by side from live data: prices, limits, who serves each model and how reliably, and how they do on our chess arena.
In short
- Qwen3.5 397B A17B is 1.3× cheaper at a typical mix of 3 input tokens per output token.
- Both accept prompts up to 262K tokens.
- Qwen3.5 397B A17B output costs $2.34 per 1M via Alibaba, against the list price of $3.60.
- Sakana Namazu is the newer model (released 2026-08-11).
| Qwen3.5 397B A17B | Sakana Namazu | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Qwen | Sakana |
| Released | 2026-02-16 | 2026-08-11 |
| Input / 1M | $0.50 | $0.95 |
| Output / 1M | $3.60 | $4.00 |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.30 | $0.15 |
| Blended / 1M (3:1) | $1.27 | $1.71 |
| Context | 262K | 262K |
| Max output | 236K | 66K |
| Accepts | text, image, video | text, image, file |
| Reasoning | Yes | Yes |
| Providers on OpenRouter | 10 | 1 |
| Cheapest provider, output | $2.34 | $4.00 |
| Best provider uptime, 24 h | 99.92% | 100% |
| Chess arena rating | not playing | not playing |
| Vendor API status | Operational | — |
Cost calculator
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
$84.00 per month$2.80 per day
Sakana Namazu
$117 per month$3.90 per day
Qwen3.5 397B A17B saves $33.00 a month on this workload.
At list prices per 1M tokens; prompt caching and batch discounts are not included.
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