Qwen: Qwen3.6 27B

apache-2.027B

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

Context
262K
Max output
82K
Input price
$0.32/1M tokens
Output price
$3.2/1M tokens

Capabilities

Reasoning & Interaction
Reasoning
Tool Calling
Output Control
Structured Output
JSON Mode
Infrastructure
Streaming
Fine-tuning

Details

Model IDqwen/qwen3.6-27b
Provider OpenRouter
Creator Qwen
Familyqwen3.6
Licenseapache-2.0
Status—
Typechat
Input modalitiestext, image, video
Output modalitiestext
Open weightYes
Parameters27B
Architecture—
Context window262K tokens
Max input—
Max output82K tokens
Reasoning tokens—
Knowledge cutoff—
Release date
Sourceofficial

Tools

Function Callingfunction_calling
Call external functions and APIs

Pricing

Input
$0.32
Output
$3.2
Cache write
—
Cache read
$0.03
Batch in
—
Batch out
—

Family Comparison: qwen3.6

ModelContextMax outPricing
Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus (free)1M66K—
Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus Preview (free)1M32K—
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B262K236K$0.1$0.9
Qwen: Qwen3.6 Flash1M66K$0.19$1.13
Qwen: Qwen3.6 27B262K82K$0.32$3.2
Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus1M66K$0.33$1.95
Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview262K66K$1.03$6.16

API

GET/v1/models/openrouter/qwen/qwen3.6-27b

Qwen: Qwen3.6 27B

qwen/qwen3.6-27b

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

Changes · 28 entries
qwen/qwen3.6-27bupdateca7a400Nov 2, 2026, 03:02 AM
pricingcached input$0.025
qwen/qwen3.6-27bupdate383acd8Oct 30, 2026, 06:38 AM
max_output_tokens65536→81920
pricinginput$0.45→$0.32output$2.7→$3.2
qwen/qwen3.6-27bupdateb2f45bfOct 29, 2026, 03:29 AM
pricinginput$0.25→$0.45output$2→$2.7
qwen/qwen3.6-27bupdatebcf2693Oct 16, 2026, 06:36 AM
max_output_tokens81920→65536
pricinginput$0.32→$0.25output$3.2→$2cached input$0.03→$0.025
qwen/qwen3.6-27bupdatec3d6504Oct 10, 2026, 06:38 AM
max_output_tokens65536→81920
pricinginput$0.45→$0.32output$2.7→$3.2
qwen/qwen3.6-27bupdate70614e7Oct 9, 2026, 06:39 AM
pricinginput$0.3→$0.45output$2→$2.7
qwen/qwen3.6-27bupdateb61df6aOct 7, 2026, 06:39 AM
max_output_tokens262140→65536
pricinginput$0.32→$0.3output$3.25→$2
qwen/qwen3.6-27bupdate00710a0Oct 6, 2026, 06:38 AM
pricingoutput$2.7→$3.25
qwen/qwen3.6-27bupdate632cde3Oct 5, 2026, 06:54 AM
max_output_tokens81920→262140
pricingoutput$3.2→$2.7cached input$0.15→$0.03
qwen/qwen3.6-27bupdate9cb03f8Sep 26, 2026, 06:38 AM
max_output_tokens262140→81920
pricingoutput$2.7→$3.2
qwen/qwen3.6-27bupdate28ec4f5Sep 23, 2026, 06:40 AM
max_output_tokens65536→262140
pricinginput$0.3→$0.32output$2→$2.7cached input$0.03→$0.15
qwen/qwen3.6-27bupdate5cd8ca9Sep 6, 2026, 06:34 AM
max_output_tokens235929→65536
pricinginput$0.6→$0.3output$3.6→$2cached input$0.12→$0.03
qwen/qwen3.6-27bupdatee3d7dedAug 31, 2026, 04:13 AM
max_output_tokens65536→235929
pricinginput$0.3→$0.6output$2→$3.6cached input$0.03→$0.12
qwen/qwen3.6-27bupdatebe35184Aug 17, 2026, 04:02 AM
max_output_tokens262144→65536
pricinginput$0.6→$0.3output$3.6→$2cached input$0.12→$0.03
qwen/qwen3.6-27bupdate3cddff5Aug 13, 2026, 02:54 AM
max_output_tokens131072→262144
pricinginput$0.289→$0.6output$2.4→$3.6cached input$0.15→$0.12
qwen/qwen3.6-27bupdate19c9fe3Aug 5, 2026, 03:04 PM
max_output_tokens65536→131072
pricinginput$0.3→$0.289output$2→$2.4
qwen/qwen3.6-27bupdatedbe2d73Jul 31, 2026, 06:07 AM
max_output_tokens131072→65536
pricinginput$0.289→$0.3output$2.4→$2
qwen/qwen3.6-27bupdate97fe10eJul 25, 2026, 09:55 AM
max_output_tokens65536→131072
pricinginput$0.288→$0.289
qwen/qwen3.6-27bupdatebf78dcfJul 25, 2026, 05:49 AM
pricinginput$0.45→$0.288output$2.7→$2.4
qwen/qwen3.6-27bupdate20c73acJul 17, 2026, 02:34 AM
max_output_tokens262140→65536
pricinginput$0.285→$0.45output$2.4→$2.7
qwen/qwen3.6-27bupdate53ef452Jul 9, 2026, 02:32 AM
pricinginput$0.26→$0.285output$2.385→$2.4cached input$0.15
qwen/qwen3.6-27bupdate88d97e5Jun 30, 2026, 04:49 AM
pricinginput$0.289→$0.26output$3.17→$2.385
qwen/qwen3.6-27bupdateab879c8Jun 18, 2026, 08:32 AM
max_output_tokens131072→262140
pricingoutput$2.4→$3.17
qwen/qwen3.6-27bupdated68a4f1Jun 10, 2026, 02:10 AM
max_output_tokens262140→131072
pricinginput$0.29→$0.289output$3.2→$2.4
qwen/qwen3.6-27bupdatebbc8212May 29, 2026, 12:04 AM
max_output_tokens262144→262140
pricinginput$0.3→$0.29
qwen/qwen3.6-27bupdate9e091d8May 23, 2026, 05:20 PM
max_output_tokens81920→262144
pricinginput$0.32→$0.3
qwen/qwen3.6-27bupdate241c61aMay 7, 2026, 04:28 AM
context_window256000→262144
max_output_tokens65536→81920
pricinginput$0.325→$0.32output$3.25→$3.2
qwen/qwen3.6-27bcreatebc0fb7dMay 2, 2026, 02:14 AM