Alibaba (Qwen) · Released Apr 22, 2026Qwen3.6 27B
Qwen vision-language model for visual reasoning, documents, and agent tasks.
- Capability
- 146.5ECI · #68 of 148
- Input
- $0.60per 1M tokens
- Output
- $3.60per 1M tokens
- Context
- 262K66K max output
What it costs
- Input
- $0.60per million tokens
- Output
- $3.60per million tokens
- Blended (3:1)
- $1.35pricier than 62% of priced models
Typical monthly bills
| Monthly usage | Estimated cost |
|---|---|
| Side project2M input + 0.5M output tokens | $3.00 |
| Team assistant25M input + 5M output tokens | $33.00 |
| Production app250M input + 50M output tokens | $330.00 |
Official Alibaba API price, as listed on models.dev.
Independent benchmarks
#68 of 148 scored models
The shaded band is Epoch AI’s confidence range (144.2–147.9); the tick marks the median scored model.
Scores from Epoch AI, run independently of Alibaba (Qwen).
The details
- Lab
- Alibaba (Qwen)
- Released
- Apr 22, 2026
- Context window
- 262,144 tokens
- Max output
- 65,536 tokens
- Inputs
- Text, Images, Audio, Video
- Output
- Text
- Reasoning
- Thinking budget
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Structured output
- Yes
- Weights
- Open weights
- API model ID
qwen3.6-27bon Alibaba- Availability
- 27 API providerslisted on models.dev
What Alibaba (Qwen) claims
Published by the lab at launch. Settings vary, so compare these only with care.
| Benchmark | Score | Setting | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-Bench Verified | 77.2 resolved | — | Source |
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About Qwen3.6 27B
How much does Qwen3.6 27B cost?
Qwen3.6 27B costs $0.60 input / $3.60 output per million tokens (official Alibaba API price). At a 3:1 input-to-output mix that is $1.35 per million tokens, more expensive than 62% of the 360 priced models we track.
What is the context window of Qwen3.6 27B?
Qwen3.6 27B accepts up to 262,144 tokens per request and can write up to 65,536 tokens in one response.
How good is Qwen3.6 27B?
Epoch AI gives Qwen3.6 27B a Capabilities Index score of 146.5 (likely range 144.2–147.9), ranking it #68 of 148 models Epoch has scored. Epoch AI benchmark results: GPQA Diamond 85.9%, FrontierMath Tiers 1–3 35.1%, OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 91.1%.
Is Qwen3.6 27B open source?
Yes. Alibaba (Qwen) publishes the weights, so it can be downloaded and self-hosted.
What inputs does Qwen3.6 27B support?
Qwen3.6 27B accepts text, images, audio and video and replies in text. It is a reasoning model, supports tool calling and can return structured JSON output.
When was Qwen3.6 27B released?
Alibaba (Qwen) released Qwen3.6 27B on Apr 22, 2026.
What are the best alternatives to Qwen3.6 27B?
The closest current models from other labs on capability, price and release date are GLM-5 (Z.ai (Zhipu), ECI 145.8, $1.00 / $3.20), Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (NVIDIA, ECI 146.2, $0.50 / $2.50), Grok 4.3 (xAI, ECI 149.2, $1.25 / $2.50) and Kimi K2.5 (Moonshot AI, ECI 148.0, $0.60 / $3.00).