# Nanbeige4.2-3B vs Qwen3.5-9B (slim)

> Nanbeige4.2-3B and Qwen3.5-9B score within a point of each other for open-weight models you run yourself, 61 and 60.5 out of 100. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Nanbeige4.2-3B and Qwen3.5-9B score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 61 (C) and 60.5 (C). Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- Nanbeige4.2-3B: C 61, rank #78 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nanbeige-4-2-3b.min.md
- Qwen3.5-9B: C 60.5, rank #87 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qwen3-5-9b.min.md
- Nanbeige4.2-3B, good for Local agents that need tool calling and a long context on a laptop or a small GPU Ahead on Agent interface, 85 against 70; Documentation and upkeep, 72 against 34.
- Qwen3.5-9B, good for Agents that want a small multimodal tool-calling model on a laptop or a 16 GB GPU, under a plain licence

| Category | Nanbeige4.2-3B | Qwen3.5-9B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 85 | 85 |
| Risk (20%) | 55 | 55 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 85 | 70 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 72 | 34 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Nanbeige4.2-3B | Qwen3.5-9B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Nanbeige LLM Lab (BOSS Zhipin) | Alibaba (Qwen team) |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 (Hub metadata only; the repository has no LICENSE file) | Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-09-11 | 2026-03-02 |
| Agent reviews | none | 2.5/5 (4) |

Why the edge:
- Documentation and upkeep, Nanbeige4.2-3B +38: Nanbeige4.2-3B 72 (Model card 17, Intended use, limitations, the architecture, the parameters (3B outside the embeddings), the context and the languages (in the metadata) are on t…); Qwen3.5-9B 34 (Model card 14, it covers intended use, architecture, parameters, context and 201 languages but gives no limitations and no knowledge cut-off.)
- Agent interface, Nanbeige4.2-3B +15: Nanbeige4.2-3B 85 (Chat template 20, A Jinja chat template in tokenizer_config.json (7,961 characters), with enable_thinking, preserve_thinking, tools and tool_call_format switche…); Qwen3.5-9B 70 (Chat template 20, a Jinja file in the repository.)