Qwen3.6 27B
Alibaba · Multimodal · Released Apr 2026
A 27-billion-parameter text language model from Alibaba's Qwen3.6 generation with a 262K token context window.
- Strengths
- Offers a balance between model capacity and inference speed within the mid-size tier of the Qwen3.6 lineup.
- Best for
- General-purpose language tasks where a larger parameter count than Qwen3.6 Flash is needed but faster inference than Qwen3.6 Plus is preferred.
- Limitations
- Sits between lightweight and mid-tier models in the Qwen3.6 generation; users needing a larger context window should consider Qwen3.6 Plus or Qwen3.6 Flash, which both support 1 million tokens.
Input / 1M
$0.3
Output / 1M
$2.00
Cached input / 1M
$0.03
Context window
262K
Price history
Input (solid)Output (dashed)
Price change
- 30d
- in decreased 50.0% out decreased 44.4%
- 90d
- in increased 4.0% out decreased 36.9%
- 1y
- in increased 3.8% out decreased 16.7%
- Since launch
- in increased 3.8% out decreased 16.7%
Snapshots
| Effective | Input | Output | Cached in | Note | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Sep 2026 | $0.3 | $2.00 | $0.03 | Imported from OpenRouter | openrouter.ai |
| 28 Aug 2026 | $0.6 | $3.60 | $0.12 | Imported from OpenRouter | openrouter.ai |
| 27 Aug 2026 | $0.6 | $3.60 | $0.12 | Imported from OpenRouter | openrouter.ai |
| 26 Aug 2026 | $0.32 | $3.20 | — | Imported from OpenRouter | openrouter.ai |
| 24 Aug 2026 | $0.32 | $3.20 | — | Imported from OpenRouter | openrouter.ai |
| 20 Aug 2026 | $0.6 | $3.60 | $0.12 | Imported from OpenRouter | openrouter.ai |
| 19 Aug 2026 | $0.3 | $2.00 | $0.03 | Imported from OpenRouter | openrouter.ai |
| 18 Aug 2026 | $0.289 | $2.40 | — | Imported from OpenRouter | openrouter.ai |
| 17 Aug 2026 | $0.289 | $2.40 | — | Imported from OpenRouter | openrouter.ai |
| 16 Aug 2026 | $0.3 | $2.00 | $0.03 | Imported from OpenRouter | openrouter.ai |
| 6 Aug 2026 | $0.6 | $3.60 | $0.12 | Imported from OpenRouter | openrouter.ai |
| 3 Aug 2026 | $0.289 | $2.40 | — | Imported from OpenRouter | openrouter.ai |
| 26 Jul 2026 | $0.3 | $2.00 | $0.15 | Imported from OpenRouter | openrouter.ai |
| 25 Jul 2026 | $0.289 | $2.40 | — | Imported from OpenRouter | openrouter.ai |
| 24 Jul 2026 | $0.288 | $2.40 | — | Imported from OpenRouter | openrouter.ai |
| 23 Jul 2026 | $0.6 | $3.60 | $0.12 | Imported from OpenRouter | openrouter.ai |
| 15 Jul 2026 | $0.45 | $2.70 | — | Imported from OpenRouter | openrouter.ai |
| 14 Jul 2026 | $0.289 | $2.40 | — | Imported from OpenRouter | openrouter.ai |
| 4 Jul 2026 | $0.285 | $2.40 | $0.15 | Imported from OpenRouter | openrouter.ai |
| 1 Jul 2026 | $0.285 | $2.40 | — | Imported from OpenRouter | openrouter.ai |
| 28 Jun 2026 | $0.2596 | $2.38 | — | Imported from OpenRouter | openrouter.ai |
| 27 Jun 2026 | $0.2885 | $2.65 | — | Imported from OpenRouter | openrouter.ai |
| 13 Jun 2026 | $0.2885 | $3.17 | — | Imported from OpenRouter | openrouter.ai |
| 11 Jun 2026 | $0.289 | $2.40 | — | Imported from OpenRouter | openrouter.ai |