QwenReleased on Mar 31, 2026

Qwen3.6 Plus: API Pricing, Context Window & Benchmarks

Qwen3.6 Plus is a language model from Qwen, released in March 2026, with multimodal input, a 1M-token context window, and pricing from $0.500/M input and $3.00/M output.

Qwen3.6 Plus is Alibaba's next-generation flagship model featuring a 1 million token native context window, up to 65,536 output tokens, and always-on chain-of-thought reasoning. It uses a next-generation hybrid architecture optimized for

Input
TextImageVideo
Output
Text

Qwen3.6 Plus benchmarks

Rankings

Quality Tracker

Qwen3.6 Plus Performance Across Datasets

Scores sourced from the model's scorecard, paper, or official blog posts

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Qwen3.6 Plus pricing

Providers

Qwen3.6 Plus starts at $0.500 per million input tokens and $3.00 per million output tokens via Together.

ProviderInput $/MOutput $/MContext in / outTTFT p50 / p95 sOutput avg / p5 c/sSuccess 7dModalities in / out
Together logoTogether
$0.500$3.001.0M/65.5K
1.86/2.13
162/132
27.59%(29)
/

Cached input is the discounted price for prompt tokens served from a provider cache. TTFT is time to first token. Output is characters per second; p5 is the sustained floor exceeded by 95% of observed requests. Success is calculated from completed versus failed requests over the trailing seven days.

Qwen3.6 Plus context window

Input and output token limits for Qwen3.6 Plus, plus how it ranks on long-context understanding.

InputOutput
1Mtokens
66Ktokens
1.5k pages of text
1M
8K128K1M

Qwen3.6 Plus API

POST/v1/chat/completions

Run a request to see the response

Use it in your code

Billed at $0.50 input / $3.00 output per 1M tokens through the LLM Stats gateway.

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key="YOUR_API_KEY",
    base_url="https://gateway.llm-stats.com/v1"
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="qwen3.6-plus",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "What is machine learning?"}
    ]
)

print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Need an API key? Create one above in the playground, or read the API documentation.

Qwen3.6 Plus latency

Qwen3.6 Plus time to first token, sustained output throughput, and failed-request rate from live API traffic over the trailing 7 days.

Provider operational metrics

Time to first token, output throughput, and failed-request rate from live API traffic

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Qwen3.6 Plus examples

Recent arena outputs from Qwen3.6 Plus, picked from the highest-ranked matchups.

Qwen3.6 Plus license

Qwen3.6 Plus is a proprietary model available under its provider's product and API terms.

License
Proprietary
Hosted access

Proprietary license - usage restrictions apply

Qwen3.6 Plus resources

Official sources for Qwen3.6 Plus: api documentation, official playground, official launch post.

Qwen3.6 Plus vs other models

The most-compared alternatives to Qwen3.6 Plus are Gemini 3 Flash, MiMo-V2.5-Pro, Qwen3.7 Max. Open any pair side-by-side for benchmarks, pricing, context, and latency.

Models like Qwen3.6 Plus

Models ranked just above and below Qwen3.6 Plus by LLM Stats score.

 

Gemini 3 Flash

Score pending
 

MiMo-V2.5-Pro

Score pending
 

Qwen3.7 Max

Score pending
 

MiMo-V2-Pro

Score pending
 

Qwen3.5-397B-A17B

Score pending
 

Kimi K2.6

Score pending

FAQ

Common questions about Qwen3.6 Plus.

When was Qwen3.6 Plus released?

Qwen3.6 Plus was released on March 31, 2026 by Qwen. This is the official Qwen3.6 Plus release date tracked on LLM Stats.

How much does Qwen3.6 Plus cost?

Qwen3.6 Plus costs $0.50 per million input tokens and $3.00 per million output tokens through the LLM Stats API, which works with any OpenAI-compatible SDK. Across tracked providers, the lowest price is $0.50 per million input tokens via Together.

Is Qwen3.6 Plus available via API?

Yes. Qwen3.6 Plus is available through the LLM Stats API and works with any OpenAI-compatible SDK — point your client at the gateway base URL and pass the model name. It is served by 1 provider tracked on LLM Stats.

Who created Qwen3.6 Plus?

Qwen3.6 Plus was created by Qwen.

What is the license for Qwen3.6 Plus?

Qwen3.6 Plus is released under the Proprietary license.

Is Qwen3.6 Plus multimodal?

Yes, Qwen3.6 Plus is multimodal and can accept both text and images as input.

What is Qwen3.6 Plus latency?

Qwen3.6 Plus p95 time to first token is 2.13 seconds via Together over the trailing 7 days. Lower time to first token means the model begins responding sooner for chat, agents and API workloads.

Where can I use Qwen3.6 Plus?

Qwen3.6 Plus is available through 1 provider including Together.

Where is the Qwen3.6 Plus paper or technical report?

Qwen3.6 Plus has a paper or technical report available at https://qwen.ai/blog?id=qwen3.6. Use that source for architecture, training, release and evaluation details.

What models should I compare Qwen3.6 Plus against?

Common Qwen3.6 Plus comparisons include Qwen3.6 Plus vs Gemini 3 Flash, Qwen3.6 Plus vs MiMo-V2.5-Pro, Qwen3.6 Plus vs Qwen3.7 Max. Compare them side by side for benchmark scores, pricing, context window, latency and API availability.