Qwen3.7 Flash, the Alibaba Cloud (Qwen) model in numbers
Qwen3.7 Flash in numbers: price per token, context window, independent benchmark scores and comparable models, based on public data checked on October 22, 2026.
Data as of October 22, 2026
Key figures
| Developer | Alibaba Cloud (Qwen) |
|---|---|
| Released | July 15, 2026 |
| Context window | 1,000,000 tokens (≈ 1,500 pages) |
| Maximum output | 131,072 tokens |
| Input price | $0.03 per million tokens (developer's price) |
| Output price | $0.13 per million tokens |
| Open weights | No |
| Reasoning mode | Yes |
| Tool calling | Yes |
| Structured output (JSON) | Yes |
| Accepted inputs | text, image, video |
| Providers offering it | 14 |
| Capability index | 63.7 / 100 (partial (3 tests)) |
Qwen3.7 Flash at a glance
Alibaba Cloud (Qwen) released Qwen3.7 Flash on July 15, 2026. It has a reasoning mode: it can "think" before answering, which helps with multi-step problems but uses more tokens, and therefore more money. It is a closed model: you access it through an API, from Alibaba Cloud (Qwen) or one of the 14 providers listed on models.dev. That makes it 3 months old as of October 22, 2026.
We file it under budget models (24 models in this category on the site).
Benchmark results
According to results published by Epoch AI (checked on October 22, 2026), Qwen3.7 Flash has a capability index of 63.7 out of 100, computed on 3 benchmarks from our basket.
With only 3 benchmarks reported, it does not enter the public ranking, which requires at least 4 results, so its index should be read as partial.
- GPQA Diamond (PhD-level science questions): 82.3% — the best tracked model, Gemini 4 Argon, reaches 96.4%
- OTIS Mock AIME (competition mathematics problems): 86.7% — the best tracked model, GPT-5.5 Pro, reaches 100%
- FrontierMath (very hard research-level mathematics): 19.3% — the best tracked model, GPT-6 Astra, reaches 93.7%
Context and capabilities
Its context window reaches 1,000,000 tokens, roughly 1,500 pages of text at 500 words per page: enough to load a whole book or a mid-sized codebase. A single answer can run to 131,072 tokens.
It accepts as input: text, image and video.
It can call tools (functions, APIs) and return structured JSON output, which makes it a possible foundation for an AI agent.
What it costs
Qwen3.7 Flash costs $0.03 per million input tokens and $0.13 per million output tokens (developer's price, checked on October 22, 2026).
To put it in perspective: reading 20,000 tokens (about thirty pages) and writing 2,000 costs roughly $0.001; a thousand of those tasks, $0.86.
That is 8.7 times cheaper than the median output price of budget models ($1.13).
Tokens read back from cache cost $0.003 per million, which helps an agent that keeps resending the same context.
To estimate your own budget, use the agent cost calculator.
When to choose it
Given its category, Qwen3.7 Flash is mainly aimed at high volumes where every cent counts: sorting, information extraction, summaries, simple assistants.
Its very large context window makes it worth considering for analysing large sets of documents in a single request.
Its very low cost (under half a cent for our sample task) means it can be called thousands of times a day.
Before adopting it, test it on your own examples: benchmarks measure standard tasks, not your job.
Comparable models
In the same category, the models closest to Qwen3.7 Flash are:
- Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite (Google DeepMind, index 64.3) — see the comparison
- Qwen3.6 Flash (Alibaba Cloud (Qwen), index 64.5) — see the comparison
- GPT-5 Mini (OpenAI, index 62.9) — see the comparison
- Qwen3.5 Flash (Alibaba Cloud (Qwen), index 62.6) — see the comparison
Independent benchmark scores
| Benchmark | What it measures | Score |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | PhD-level science questions | 82.3% |
| OTIS Mock AIME | competition mathematics problems | 86.7% |
| FrontierMath | very hard research-level mathematics | 19.3% |
Similar models
- Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite · Google DeepMind · index 64.3 · Compare Qwen3.7 Flash and Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite
- Qwen3.6 Flash · Alibaba Cloud (Qwen) · index 64.5 · Compare Qwen3.7 Flash and Qwen3.6 Flash
- GPT-5 Mini · OpenAI · index 62.9 · Compare Qwen3.7 Flash and GPT-5 Mini
- Qwen3.5 Flash · Alibaba Cloud (Qwen) · index 62.6 · Compare Qwen3.7 Flash and Qwen3.5 Flash
Comparisons
Other Alibaba Cloud (Qwen) models
- Qwen3.8 Max 0902 · September 2, 2026
- Qwen3.7 Plus · June 2, 2026
- Qwen3.7 Max · May 21, 2026
- Qwen3.6 27B · April 22, 2026
- Qwen3.6 35B-A3B · April 17, 2026
- Qwen3.6 Plus · April 2, 2026
Frequently asked questions
How much does Qwen3.7 Flash cost?
As of October 22, 2026, Qwen3.7 Flash costs $0.03 per million input tokens and $0.13 per million output tokens (developer's price). A task that reads 20,000 tokens and writes 2,000 costs about $0.001.
What is the context window of Qwen3.7 Flash?
1,000,000 tokens, roughly 1,500 pages of text. An answer can reach 131,072 tokens.
Is Qwen3.7 Flash open source?
No. It is a closed Alibaba Cloud (Qwen) model, available only through an API.
How good is Qwen3.7 Flash?
Its capability index is 63.7 out of 100 (3 benchmarks, Epoch AI data).
Can you build an agent with Qwen3.7 Flash?
Yes: it can call tools and return structured JSON, the two basic building blocks of an agent.
Data sources
- Models.dev — Model data: models.dev (open-source project)
- OpenRouter — Market prices cross-checked with OpenRouter
- Epoch AI — AI Benchmarking Hub — Epoch AI, “AI Benchmarking Hub”, epoch.ai, CC BY 4.0
- Epoch AI — Data on AI Models — Epoch AI, “Data on AI Models”, epoch.ai, CC BY 4.0
Data as of October 22, 2026
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