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Qwen3.6-27B

by Alibaba · 27B parameters

Current mid tier open weights mid tier

Today's price · per 1M tokens

Input

$0.600

per 1M tokens

Output

$3.60

per 1M tokens

Blended

$1.35

blended $/1M — 3:1 weighted input:output

Source: official Alibaba pricing · read Aug 7, 2026 MODELPRICEWATCH.COM · 2026-08-09
Qwen3.6-27B is available on 2 hosts. See the full cheapest-first comparison on the consolidated Qwen3.6-27B page →

Overview

Qwen3.6-27B served by Alibaba, the model's maker, on Model Studio. $0.60/$3.60 per 1M tokens, a single 0–256K tier, with thinking-mode output billed at the same rate as non-thinking. Open weights, 256K-token context, text-only.

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Capabilities

struck through = not supported
Input 1/5
Text ✓ Image Audio Video PDF
Output 1/5
Text ✓ Image Audio Video Embedding
Features 2/9
Prompt caching Reasoning Coding Fast inference Long context ✓ Open weights ✓ Multimodal Web search Realtime

Benchmark performance

accuracy % · higher is better
Percentile vs all tracked models 41.9th3 independent measurements
Percentile per $/Mtok 31
GPQA Diamond vendor
87.8%
SWE-Bench Verified vendor
77.2%

Every per-benchmark score we hold for this model is reported by its own vendor, so none is counted toward an accuracy average or any ranking. The percentile above is its standing across the independent composites below.

Independent composite scores
  • AA Intelligence Index: 37.7 (Artificial Analysis composite across reasoning, knowledge and coding evals)
  • AA Agentic Index: 27.5 (Tool use, planning, autonomy)
  • AA-Omniscience Index: -20 (−100–100)
How it stacks up
  • Ranks #82 of 150 comparably-measured models by percentile score, across 3 independent measurements
  • Ranks #80 of 150 comparably-tested models by normalized performance per dollar

Source: Artificial Analysis, Qwen model card · updated Aug 7, 2026 · See full rankings →

Specifications

Provider
Alibaba
Context window
262K tokens
Modality
text
Parameters
27B
Open source
Yes — open weights available
Released
Apr 27, 2026
Status
Current
Last updated
Aug 7, 2026
Tags
mid-tieropen-weights

Availability verified: Aug 7, 2026 — listed on Alibaba's own page