Qwen3.6 Max Preview
Alibaba · Released Apr 2026
Qwen3.6 Max Preview is Alibaba's preview flagship model from the Qwen3.6 generation with support for text and image inputs and a 262K token context window.
- Strengths
- Offers the reasoning and instruction-following capability of Alibaba's flagship tier at the 3.6 generation while maintaining a practical context window for document and code processing.
- Best for
- Complex reasoning and multimodal tasks where you want flagship-class performance without waiting for Qwen 3.7 Max or need better token efficiency than the 1M-context tier.
- Limitations
- Preview status means API stability or model behavior may change; later Qwen 3.7 models offer larger context windows and improved capabilities, and this tier sits between the specialized Flash/Plus models and the full Max flagship in capability.
Input / 1M
$1.04
Output / 1M
$6.24
Cached input / 1M
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Context window
262K
Also billed
- Cache write
- $1.30 / 1M
Price history
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Snapshots
| Effective | Input | Output | Cached in | Note | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Jun 2026 | $1.04 | $6.24 | — | Imported from OpenRouter | openrouter.ai |
| 11 Jun 2026 | $1.04 | $6.24 | — | Imported from OpenRouter | openrouter.ai |