Qwen3.6-27B
Qwen3.6-27B is worth evaluating for coding, rag, and agents when its provider route and context window match the workload.
Use it for
- Teams evaluating coding, rag, and agents
- Workloads that can use a 262k context window
- Buyers comparing 4 tracked provider routes
Do not use it for
- Workloads where another current model has stronger sourced task evidence
- Family
- Qwen3.6
- Released
- 2026-04-27
- Context
- 262k
- Max output
- 81,920
- Parameters
- 27B
- Architecture
- Decoder Only
- Specialization
- code
- Openness
- Open source
- License
- Apache 2.0OSI-approvedCommercial use: permitted
- Weights
- Available
- Code
- Unknown
Cheapest of 4 routes · Alibaba Cloud PAI-EAS
About
Open-weight dense Qwen3.6 27B model with native multimodal support across text, image, and video. Apache 2.0.
Qwen3.6-27B is an open-source model in the Qwen3.6 family. The structured metadata tracks a 262k-token context window, multimodal input, reasoning, function calling, and tool use. This page tracks provider routes through OpenRouter, Alibaba Cloud PAI-EAS, Vercel AI Gateway, and 1 more, with the cheapest tracked route listed at $0.32 input and $3.2 output per 1M tokens. Headline tracked benchmarks include Google-Proof Q&A 87.8, MMLU PRO 86.2, and MMMU Pro 75.8.
Top use-case fit: coding, agents, and build tasks
Coding
Q/$ D3 relevant benchmarks in the decision map.
RAG
Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.
Agents
Q/$ C1 relevant benchmark in the decision map.
Provider price ladder
Compare all 4Compare API pricing across 4 providers for input and output tokens, batch, and cached reads when available.
| Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Route |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alibaba Cloud PAI-EAS | $0.320 | $3.20 | Serverless |
| OpenRouter | $0.320 | $3.20 | Serverless |
| Novita AI | $0.600 | $3.60 | Serverless |
| Vercel AI Gateway | $0.600 | $3.60 | Serverless |
Capabilities
Benchmark peer barsfor Coding
Benchmark scores(8)
| Benchmark | Score | Version | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google-Proof Q&A | 87.8 | diamond | https://qwen.ai/blog?id=qwen3.6-27b |
| MMLU PRO | 86.2 | From official HuggingFace model card (accuracy) | https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B |
| MMMU Pro | 75.8 | LLM-Stats aggregator | https://llm-stats.com/benchmarks/mmmu-pro |
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.2 | SWE-bench Verified | https://benchlm.ai/benchmarks/sweVerified |
| LiveCodeBench | 83.9 | LiveCodeBench v6 | https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B |
| SWE-bench Pro | 53.5 | SWE-bench Pro | https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B |
| AIME 2026 | 94.1 | AIME 2026 (accuracy) | https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 24.0 | HLE, from official model card (accuracy) | https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B |
Migration checks
No linked migration route is available for this model yet.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the context window of Qwen3.6-27B?
Qwen3.6-27B has a context window of 262k tokens.
What is the max output of Qwen3.6-27B?
Qwen3.6-27B can generate up to 81,920 output tokens.
How much does Qwen3.6-27B cost?
Qwen3.6-27B pricing ranges from $0.32/1M to $0.6/1M input tokens depending on the provider.
When was Qwen3.6-27B released?
Qwen3.6-27B was released on 2026-04-27.
Which providers offer Qwen3.6-27B?
Qwen3.6-27B is available from 4 providers: OpenRouter, Alibaba Cloud PAI-EAS, Vercel AI Gateway, Novita AI.
What benchmarks has Qwen3.6-27B been tested on?
Qwen3.6-27B has been evaluated on 8 benchmarks, including Google-Proof Q&A, MMLU PRO, MMMU Pro, SWE-bench Verified, LiveCodeBench.
Cheapest of 4 routes · Alibaba Cloud PAI-EAS