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Qwen3.6 Max Preview on OpenRouter

Qwen3.6 · Alibaba

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Last refreshed 2026-06-15. Next refresh: weekly.

Why use Qwen3.6 Max Preview on OpenRouter?

OpenRouter offers Qwen3.6 Max Preview with pay-as-you-go pricing at $1.04/1M input tokens. OpenRouter is a multi-provider LLM aggregator offering unified API access to 300+ models from all major labs and emerging providers, with automatic failover for reliability.

Compare Qwen3.6 Max Preview across 3 providers to find the best fit for your use case
Input / 1M
$1.04
Output / 1M
$6.24
Cache
Not sourced
Batch
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Setup recipe

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Install
Use the provider REST API or SDK
Auth
Create a provider API key
Call
model: qwen/qwen3.6-max-preview
Model ID
qwen/qwen3.6-max-preview

Request example

Curated snippets for this provider are not sourced yet. Use OpenRouter documentation with model ID qwen/qwen3.6-max-preview.

Gotchas

  • Use provider model ID "qwen/qwen3.6-max-preview", not the LLMReference slug "qwen3.6-max-preview".

Compare Qwen3.6 Max Preview Across Providers

ProviderInput (per 1M)Output (per 1M)
OpenRouter$1.04$6.24
Alibaba Cloud PAI-EAS$1.04$6.24
Vercel AI Gateway$1.30$7.80

Pricing

TypePrice (per 1M)
Input tokens$1.04
Output tokens$6.24

Capabilities

VisionMultimodalReasoningFunction CallingTool UseStructured Outputs

About Qwen3.6 Max Preview

Qwen3.6-Max-Preview is a proprietary frontier model from Alibaba Cloud built on a sparse MoE architecture, available for preview as part of the Qwen3.6 series.

FAQ

What does Qwen3.6 Max Preview cost on OpenRouter?

On OpenRouter, Qwen3.6 Max Preview costs $1.04 per 1M input tokens and $6.24 per 1M output tokens.

What is the context window for Qwen3.6 Max Preview on OpenRouter?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview supports a 262k token context window on OpenRouter.

How does OpenRouter compare to other Qwen3.6 Max Preview providers?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview is available from 3 providers. The cheapest input pricing is $1.04/1M tokens from OpenRouter.

What API model ID do I use for Qwen3.6 Max Preview on OpenRouter?

Use the model ID qwen/qwen3.6-max-preview when calling OpenRouter's API.

Who created Qwen3.6 Max Preview?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview was created by Alibaba as part of the Qwen3.6 model family.

Is Qwen3.6 Max Preview open source?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview is open source under Apache 2.0 according to the seed data.

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Model Specs

Released2026-04-20
Context256k
ArchitectureMixture of Experts