Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview
qwen/qwen3.6-max-preview
43rd smartest of 182ReasoningToolsJSON
Intelligence
40.0
43rd of 182
Design Elo
—
Speed
—
tokens/sec
Latency
—
first token
Input price
$1.03
233rd cheapest
Context
262K
66K max out
How it compares
Smarter than76%
of all ranked models
Cheaper than30%
of all ranked models
Overview
Qwen3.6-Max-Preview is a proprietary frontier model from Alibaba Cloud built on a sparse mixture-of-experts architecture with approximately 1 trillion total parameters. It is optimized for agentic coding, tool use, and...
Benchmarks
independent · Artificial Analysis & Design ArenaArtificial Analysis89th percentile
Intelligence Index
40.0
GPQA Diamond
89%
Humanity's Last Exam
29%
SciCode
47%
Tau²-Bench (agentic)
96%
Providers & pricing (1)
| Provider | In $/M | Out $/M | Context | Uptime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alibabafp8 | $1.03 | $6.16 | 262K | — |
Specifications
Context window262K
Max output66K
Knowledge cutoff—
Input modalitiestext
Output modalitiestext
Prompt caching—
Cache read price—
ModeratedNo
Qwen3.6 Max Preview FAQ
How much does Qwen3.6 Max Preview cost?
Qwen3.6 Max Preview costs $1.03 per million input tokens and $6.16 per million output tokens via OpenRouter, making it 233rd cheapest of 332 paid models.
How smart is Qwen3.6 Max Preview?
Qwen3.6 Max Preview scores 40.0 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, ranking 43rd of 182 benchmarked models, with a GPQA Diamond score of 89%.
What is Qwen3.6 Max Preview's context window?
Qwen3.6 Max Preview supports a 262K-token context window and can output up to 66K tokens. It accepts text input.
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