0.8B-9B native multimodal w/ more intelligence, less compute
Qwen just released the Qwen3.5 Small Model Series — 0.8B, 2B, 4B and 9B. Native multimodal with improved architecture and scaled RL. 0.8B and 2B are tiny and fast for edge devices, 4B makes a strong lightweight agent base, and 9B is already closing the gap with much larger models. Base versions released too.
The Qwen team just dropped the Qwen3.5 Small Model Series: 0.8B, 2B, 4B, and 9B, along with their Base versions.
This release fills the missing piece for on-device deployment and completes the full Qwen3.5 matrix from 0.8B all the way to 397B. Now you have clear choices:
“0.8B-9B native multimodal w/ more intelligence, less compute”
Qwen3.5 Small launched on Product Hunt on March 3rd, 2026 and earned 384 upvotes and 14 comments, earning #2 Product of the Day. Qwen just released the Qwen3.5 Small Model Series — 0.8B, 2B, 4B and 9B. Native multimodal with improved architecture and scaled RL. 0.8B and 2B are tiny and fast for edge devices, 4B makes a strong lightweight agent base, and 9B is already closing the gap with much larger models. Base versions released too.
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Zac Zuo
Hi everyone!
The Qwen team just dropped the Qwen3.5 Small Model Series: 0.8B, 2B, 4B, and 9B, along with their Base versions.
This release fills the missing piece for on-device deployment and completes the full Qwen3.5 matrix from 0.8B all the way to 397B. Now you have clear choices:
0.8B/2B for embedded/IoT/Mobile
4B for lightweight multimodal agents
9B for edge servers
Plus the bigger MoE models for heavier workloads.
The 9B is the real shocker: matching or beating GPT-OSS-120B on several key benchmarks while being 13x smaller.
Even Elon chimed in:
Edge AI is heating up fast. This opens up exciting new opportunities for AI hardware and local innovation.
Play with these models on @Ollama!