qwen/qwen3.5-397b-a17b — Free API

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nvidia-nim/qwen-qwen3-5-397b-a17b
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What is qwen/qwen3.5-397b-a17b?

Qwen3.5 397B (17B active via MoE) is Alibaba's largest publicly-hosted model, free on NVIDIA NIM with up to 40 RPM and no daily token cap. The enormous expert pool at 397B total parameters brings frontier-level capability while 17B active parameters maintain manageable inference cost. OpenAI-compatible API. Requires NVIDIA Developer Program membership and phone verification.

Model ID
qwen/qwen3.5-397b-a17b
Base URL
https://integrate.api.nvidia.com/v1

qwen/qwen3.5-397b-a17b API Code Example

Paste your API key and run. See the config generator for Claude Code, Cursor, and more tools.

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://integrate.api.nvidia.com/v1",
    api_key="YOUR_API_KEY"
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="qwen/qwen3.5-397b-a17b",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)
import OpenAI from "openai";

const openai = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: "https://integrate.api.nvidia.com/v1",
  apiKey: "YOUR_API_KEY",
});

const completion = await openai.chat.completions.create({
  model: "qwen/qwen3.5-397b-a17b",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello!" }],
});

console.log(completion.choices[0].message.content);
curl https://integrate.api.nvidia.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "model": "qwen/qwen3.5-397b-a17b",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
  }'

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