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Qwen3.6-Plus

by Alibaba

Current mid tier mid tier

Today's price · per 1M tokens

Input

$0.500

per 1M tokens

Output

$3.00

per 1M tokens

Blended

$1.13

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

How this price is scoped: Alibaba Model Studio International list price, 0<Token≤256K tier. The 256K<Token≤1M tier is billed higher ($2.00/$6.00). The `qwen3.6-plus` alias currently resolves to the qwen3.6-plus-2026-04-02 snapshot, which the page prices identically. No context-cache or batch rate is printed for this SKU, so cached input is left unset rather than assumed. Alibaba's own gateway endpoint quotes a lower routed rate of $0.325/$1.95. Alibaba's pricing page states that it lists standard prices only and directs buyers to the Model Studio console for current offers, and this SKU's row carries no discount label, so the standard list rate is the one tracked here — the same basis as every other Alibaba row on this site.

Source: official Alibaba pricing · read MODELPRICEWATCH.COM · 2026-09-15

Price receipt

We read Alibaba's own pricing page on and found qwen3.6-plus listed with a price on the same row — that read is where the number above comes from, recorded as a new model. We keep the page text we read; its content hash is 4a4c7192ca.

Overview

Alibaba's Qwen3.6-generation mid tier on Model Studio, from the maker itself. $0.50/$3.00 per 1M tokens up to 256K context; the 256K–1M tier is billed at $2.00/$6.00. Thinking and non-thinking modes bill at the same output rate. 1M-token context, text-only.

Capabilities

struck through = not supported
Input 1/5
Text Image Audio Video PDF
Output 1/5
Text Image Audio Video Embedding
Features 1/9
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 59th2 independent measurements
Percentile per $/Mtok 52.7

We hold no per-benchmark accuracy scores for this model yet, so it has no accuracy average. That is a gap in our coverage, not a sign the model is untested — independent evaluators often publish a composite index for a new model long before releasing its per-benchmark numbers. The percentile above is its standing across the independent composites below.

Independent composite scores
  • AA-Omniscience Index: 0.9 (−100–100)
  • LMSYS Chatbot Arena: 1443.3 ELO (Human preference)
How it stacks up
  • Ranks #51 of 181 comparably-measured models by percentile score, across 2 independent measurements
  • Ranks #52 of 181 comparably-tested models by normalized performance per dollar

Source: Artificial Analysis, LMSYS Chatbot Arena (UC Berkeley) · updated · See full rankings →

Specifications

Provider
Alibaba
Context window
1M tokens
Modality
text
Parameters
Proprietary
Open source
No — proprietary
Released
Status
Current
Last updated
Tags
mid-tier

Availability verified: listed on Alibaba's own page