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Ornith 1.5 397B vs Qwen3.5 397B A17B

Ornith 1.5 397B (Ornith Ai) and Qwen3.5 397B A17B (Qwen) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 20 August 2026

As of 20 August 2026, Ornith 1.5 397B holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#12 vs #28).

Which should you choose?

Choose Ornith 1.5 397B if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #12 against #28 (74.2 vs 62.9 points).
  • you want the more recently listed model — Ornith 1.5 397B was listed 18 August 2026, Qwen3.5 397B A17B 16 February 2026.

Choose Qwen3.5 397B A17B if…

  • you want provider choice — 10 listed API providers against 0.

Ornith 1.5 397B vs Qwen3.5 397B A17B: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Ornith 1.5 397B and Qwen3.5 397B A17B
FieldOrnith 1.5 397BOrnith AiQwen3.5 397B A17BQwen
ModelCap Index position#12#28
Index score74.262.9
EvidenceEstimatedMeasured
Input price / 1M tokensUnlisted$0.39
Output price / 1M tokensUnlisted$2.34
Context window— tokens262K tokens
Max output tokens—66K
API providers listed010
Weight accessOpen weightsOpen weights
Input modalitiesTextText, Image, Video
First listed18 August 202616 February 2026
PublisherOrnith AiQwen

Evidence: start rank interpolated from the launch card's own comparison table against resolved catalogue peers, discounted for measured cross-lab optimism · 3 public benchmark observations across 3 boards. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Ornith 1.5 397B vs Qwen3.5 397B A17B

Public benchmark boards where Ornith 1.5 397B or Qwen3.5 397B A17B has a published result
BoardOrnith 1.5 397BQwen3.5 397B A17BLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)—14911486–1497Only one result
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis—34.3intelligence-indexOnly one result

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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Ornith 1.5 397B vs Qwen3.5 397B A17B: common questions

Is Ornith 1.5 397B better than Qwen3.5 397B A17B?

Ornith 1.5 397B ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 20 August 2026: #12 against #28. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it.

Is Ornith 1.5 397B cheaper than Qwen3.5 397B A17B?

At least one of the two has no listed API price on ModelCap right now, so no price comparison is made.

Which has the bigger context window, Ornith 1.5 397B or Qwen3.5 397B A17B?

Both publish a —-token context window.

Which is better for coding, Ornith 1.5 397B or Qwen3.5 397B A17B?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are Ornith 1.5 397B and Qwen3.5 397B A17B open-weight models?

Ornith 1.5 397B: Open weights. Qwen3.5 397B A17B: Open weights. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run Ornith 1.5 397B and Qwen3.5 397B A17B?

ModelCap currently lists 0 API providers for Ornith 1.5 397B and 10 for Qwen3.5 397B A17B, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this Ornith 1.5 397B vs Qwen3.5 397B A17B comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 20 August 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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