Qwen3.6 Max Preview
Alibaba · Released Apr 2026
Qwen3.6 Max Preview is Alibaba's flagship language model from the Qwen3.6 generation, available in preview form with a 262K token context window.
- Strengths
- Delivers high capability across reasoning, coding, and general language tasks as Alibaba's top-tier 3.6-generation offering.
- Best for
- Complex generation tasks and multi-step reasoning where maximum capability from the Qwen3.6 line is needed.
- Limitations
- The preview designation indicates this is an unreleased version; Qwen 3.7 Max (released 2026-05) supersedes it with the newer generation, and Qwen3.7 Plus offers 1M context if you need a longer window within a more stable release.
Input / 1M
$1.03
Output / 1M
$6.16
Cached input / 1M
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Context window
262K
Also billed
- Cache write
- $1.28 / 1M
Price history
Input (solid)Output (dashed)
Price change
- 30d
- in — out —
- 90d
- in — out —
- 1y
- in decreased 1.3% out decreased 1.3%
- Since launch
- in decreased 1.3% out decreased 1.3%
Snapshots
| Effective | Input | Output | Cached in | Note | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Jul 2026 | $1.03 | $6.16 | — | Imported from OpenRouter | openrouter.ai |
| 29 Jun 2026 | $1.04 | $6.24 | — | Imported from OpenRouter | openrouter.ai |
| 11 Jun 2026 | $1.04 | $6.24 | — | Imported from OpenRouter | openrouter.ai |