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Qwen3.6 27B is Alibaba’s open-weights AI model, released Apr 22, 2026. It costs $0.45/M input and $2.70/M output tokens, and handles a 262K-token context window. Its strongest use case is agentic & tools, where it ranks in the 73rd percentile of the models Model Beat tracks.

Qwen3.6 27B is a dense 27-billion-parameter language model from the Qwen Team at Alibaba, released in April 2026.

Context
262K
Input
$0.45 / 1M
Output
$2.70 / 1M
Cheapest via Chutes
$0.30 / $2 / 1M
Released
Apr 22, 2026
Modalities
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Strongest atAgentic & Tools top 27%

Benchmarks

Scores on standardized evaluations. Higher is better — and rank shows where Qwen3.6 27B lands among all models tracked on Model Beat.

49.0
Intelligence Index
Epoch AI
49th percentile of tracked models
27.0
Coding Index
Epoch AI
27th percentile of tracked models
73.0
Agentic Index
Epoch AI
73rd percentile of tracked models

Reasoning

2 evals
GPQA Diamond85.9%

Graduate-level scientific reasoning

Humanity's Last Exam23.1%

Frontier of human expert knowledge

Coding

1 evals
SciCode39.8%

Scientific research coding

Math

1 evals
AIME 2024/202591.1%

Olympiad-qualifier math

Agentic & Tools

1 evals
τ²-bench94.2%

Tool-agent-user reliability

In the news

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Changelog

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  • Qwen3.6 27B: cheapest credible provider via Chutes now $2 per 1M output tokens (was $2.4, -17%)cheapest provider · Aug 20, 2026
  • Qwen3.6 27B: cheapest credible provider via SiliconFlow now $0.3 per 1M input tokens (was $0.32, -6%)cheapest provider · Aug 17, 2026
  • Qwen3.6 27B: cheapest credible provider via Phala now $0.32 per 1M input tokens (was $0.289, +11%)cheapest provider · Aug 14, 2026

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Frequently asked questions

What is Qwen3.6 27B?

Qwen3.6 27B is a dense 27-billion-parameter language model from the Qwen Team at Alibaba, released in April 2026.

Who created Qwen3.6 27B?

Qwen3.6 27B is an AI model developed by Alibaba, part of the Qwen family, released Apr 22, 2026.

How much does Qwen3.6 27B cost?

Qwen3.6 27B's list price from Alibaba is $0.45 per million input tokens and $2.70 per million output tokens. The cheapest credible third-party provider on OpenRouter (Chutes) serves it at $0.30/$2 per 1M.

What is Qwen3.6 27B's context window?

Qwen3.6 27B supports a context window of up to 262K tokens.

How does Qwen3.6 27B perform on benchmarks?

On standardized evaluations tracked by Epoch AI, Qwen3.6 27B scores 94.2% on τ²-bench, 91.1% on AIME 2024/2025, 85.9% on GPQA Diamond.

Is Qwen3.6 27B open source?

Qwen3.6 27B is released with open weights (Open weights (unrestricted)), so the model can be downloaded and self-hosted.

Benchmark data from Epoch AI (CC BY) and Artificial Analysis; pricing, specs & descriptions from OpenRouter. Data updated Aug 21, 2026.