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Qwen: Qwen3.6 27B

qwen/qwen3.6-27b

55th smartest of 178ReasoningToolsJSONVision
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Intelligence
37.1
55th of 178
Design Elo
Speed
80
92nd fastest
Latency
390ms
first token
Input price
$0.288
125th cheapest
Context
262K
262K max out

How it compares

Smarter than69%
of all ranked models
Faster than69%
of all ranked models
Cheaper than58%
of all ranked models

Overview

Qwen3.6 27B is a dense 27-billion-parameter language model from the Qwen Team at Alibaba, released in April 2026. It features hybrid multimodal capabilities — accepting text, image, and video inputs...

Benchmarks

independent · via OpenRouter
Artificial Analysis66th percentile
Intelligence Index
37.1
Coding Index
26.6
Agentic Index
60.9
GPQA Diamond
83%
Humanity's Last Exam
14%
SciCode
37%
Tau²-Bench (agentic)
94%

Providers & pricing (9)

ProviderIn $/MOut $/MUptime
Io Netfp8$0.288$3.17100%
Morph$0.289$2.4097%
Chutesfp8$0.300$2.0099.9%
SiliconFlowfp8$0.300$3.20
Phala$0.320$2.70
DeepInfrafp8$0.320$3.2099.9%
Venicefp8$0.325$3.25
Alibaba$0.450$2.7096.8%
WandBfp8$0.600$3.60

Specifications

Context window262K
Max output262K
Knowledge cutoff
Input modalitiestext, image, video
Output modalitiestext
Prompt caching
Cache read price
ModeratedNo

Qwen3.6 27B FAQ

How much does Qwen3.6 27B cost?

Qwen3.6 27B costs $0.288 per million input tokens and $3.17 per million output tokens via OpenRouter, making it 125th cheapest of 298 paid models.

How smart is Qwen3.6 27B?

Qwen3.6 27B scores 37.1 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, ranking 55th of 178 benchmarked models, with a GPQA Diamond score of 83%.

How fast is Qwen3.6 27B?

Qwen3.6 27B generates around 80 tokens per second with 390ms time-to-first-token (p50), the 92nd fastest tracked model.

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

Qwen3.6 27B supports a 262K-token context window and can output up to 262K tokens. It accepts text, image, video input.

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