BlockBeats News, March 3rd, Alibaba’s AI model Qwen announced the launch of the Qwen 3.5 Small Model series: Qwen3.5-0.8B, Qwen3.5-2B, Qwen3.5-4B, Qwen3.5-9B. These small models are built on the same Qwen3.5 technology architecture—native multimodality, improved architecture, and scaled reinforcement learning:
• 0.8B / 2B: Small in size, fast in speed, suitable for edge devices
• 4B: A multimodal foundational model for lightweight intelligent agents, with outstanding performance
• 9B: Compact in size but gradually narrowing the performance gap with larger models
Elon Musk publicly praised Alibaba’s Qwen model, stating: “Impressive intelligence density.”
