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Qwen: Qwen3.5-9B vs Thinking Machines: Inkling Small
Compare Qwen: Qwen3.5-9B and Thinking Machines: Inkling Small by providers, context, price, and TrustedRouter route support.
Onebase URL to migrate
100sof models and routes
0prompt or output logs. Always.
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
Qwen: Qwen3.5-9B has the lower cheapest prompt+completion route on TrustedRouter. Qwen: Qwen3.5-9B has more provider fallback routes, while Thinking Machines: Inkling Small has the larger context window. Probe-backed speed data is shown when enough recent samples exist.
$0.2625/1MQwen: Qwen3.5-9B cheapest route
$1.575/1MThinking Machines: Inkling Small cheapest route
2567 msQwen: Qwen3.5-9B measured p50 TTFT
not enough dataThinking Machines: Inkling Small measured p50 TTFT
Qwen: Qwen3.5-9BThinking Machines: Inkling Small
Model id
qwen/qwen3.5-9bthinkingmachines/inkling-small
PublisherDeepInfraDeepInfra
Context262,144 tokens524,288 tokens
Provider routes86
Cheapest route$0.2625/1M$1.575/1M
Privacy posturehas ZDR routeprovider posture varies
Modes
chat
chat
Qwen: Qwen3.5-9B routes
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-aws.trustedrouter.com/v1",
api_key="sk-tr-v1-..."
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="qwen/qwen3.5-9b",
messages=messages,
)