Qwen3.6 Plus

AlibabaReleased Apr 2, 2026KnowledgeApr 2025
Context
1M
Max output
66K
Serving providers
3
Cheapest input
$0.325 /1M
On-demand listed rates, OpenRouter routed quotes and Vercel reseller quotes. Enterprise commitments (committed-use discounts, provisioned throughput, negotiated rates) can be materially lower. An OpenRouter routed quote is the price of whichever upstream provider OpenRouter prefers today, so it moves day to day.

Benchmarks

independent evaluations · source: Artificial Analysis
Speed & latency
Output speed
56 t/s
tokens / second
Time to first token
2.16s
latency
Headline indices
54.5
of 100
Frozen Sep 9, 2026
29.0
of 100
Frozen Sep 9, 2026
Individual benchmarks · click a row for effort variants
BenchmarkBest scoreEffortCost / task
Automation BenchArtificial Analysis did not report this score in its latest run on Oct 14, 20260.2——
CritPt3%default—
GDPval v2Frozen Aug 18, 20261140.1default—
GPQA Diamond88%default—
Humanity's Last Exam28%default—
IFBench75%default—
Long-Context Reasoning78%default—
MMMU-Pro78%default—
Omniscience0.9default—
Omniscience Accuracy0.3default—
Omniscience Non Hallucination0.7default—
SciCodeArtificial Analysis did not report this score in its latest run on Oct 14, 202641%——
TerminalBench Hard44%default—
TerminalBench v2.161%default—
τ-bench Banking21%default—
τ²-bench98%default—
Artificial Analysis last published scores for this benchmark on Sep 9, 2026. Scores here are frozen at that date, and models released since are not on it.
Artificial Analysis last published scores for this benchmark on Aug 18, 2026. Scores here are frozen at that date, and models released since are not on it.

Pricing detail

cost beyond the standard rate · source: models.dev
Long context (>200K)
$2.00 / $6.00
input / output · per 1M

Pricing by serving provider

standard tier · per 1M tokens · click a provider to expand

Input pricing runs from $0.325 to $0.50 per 1M tokens across 3 providers, so the dearest route costs 54% more than the cheapest for the same model.

Serving providerInput /1MOutput /1MEndpoints
OpenRouterRouted quote$0.325$1.951
Standardqwen/qwen3.6-plus
ComponentUnitStandard
Text input/1M tok$0.325
Text output/1M tok$1.95
Together AI$0.50$3.001
VercelVercel reseller quote$0.50$3.001
Vercel (long context, from 256K tokens)Vercel reseller quote$2.00$6.001

Price history

OpenRouter routed quote

OpenRouter's price is a routed quote. It moves with whichever upstream route OpenRouter prefers that day, so we do not track it as a price history.

Cost calculator

estimate your monthly spend on this model
$221
estimated / month

Model IDs

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qwen/qwen3.6-plustogether_ai/Qwen/Qwen3.6-Plusalibaba/qwen3.6-plusalibaba/qwen3.6-plus

Frequently asked questions

Qwen3.6 Plus pricing, context and availability

How much does Qwen3.6 Plus cost?

Qwen3.6 Plus costs $0.325 per 1M input tokens as an OpenRouter routed quote, and $1.95 per 1M output tokens as an OpenRouter routed quote. An OpenRouter routed quote is the price of whichever upstream provider OpenRouter prefers today, so it moves day to day. Across 3 serving providers, input prices range from $0.325 to $0.50 per 1M tokens.

What is the context window of Qwen3.6 Plus?

Qwen3.6 Plus accepts up to 1M tokens of context and can return up to 66K output tokens.

Which providers serve Qwen3.6 Plus?

Qwen3.6 Plus is available from 3 serving providers, each with its own pricing and model ID. OpenRouter is currently the cheapest, as a routed quote.

What can Qwen3.6 Plus do?

Qwen3.6 Plus supports reasoning.

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