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Qwen3.6 27B pricing & benchmarks

Released Apr 27, 2026 · served by 9 providers · ranked #40 by intelligence in our index

Input / 1M tokens$0.280
Output / 1M tokens$1.99
Context window262K
Cached input$0.150
Intelligence index37.1
Coding index53.7
Agentic index27.0
1M in + 300K out$0.88

What Qwen3.6 27B is

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...

Providers and prices for Qwen3.6 27B

The same model costs different amounts depending on who serves it. Prices are per 1M tokens, cheapest first. Uptime and throughput are OpenRouter's rolling measurements, not vendor claims.

ProviderInputOutputContext QuantUptime 24hThroughput
Io Netcheapest $0.280 $1.99 33K fp8 99.9%
Chutes $0.300 $2.00 262K fp8 97.4%
Morph $0.289 $2.40 131K 98.1%
Phala $0.320 $2.70 262K 95.9%
Alibaba $0.450 $2.70 262K 99.9%
SiliconFlow $0.300 $3.20 262K fp8 95.9%
DeepInfra $0.320 $3.20 262K fp8 97.9%
Venice $0.325 $3.25 256K fp8 99.3%
CoreWeave $0.600 $3.60 262K fp8 99.8%

Cheaper models in the same class

Models scoring within 4 points of Qwen3.6 27B on the Intelligence Index, but with a lower output price.

FAQ

How much does the Qwen3.6 27B API cost?

$0.280 per 1M input tokens and $1.99 per 1M output tokens. A typical workload of 1M input + 300K output tokens costs about $0.88.

Is Qwen3.6 27B free?

No. It is a paid model starting at $0.280 per 1M input tokens, though some providers offer trial credits.

Which provider is cheapest for Qwen3.6 27B?

Io Net at $0.280 input / $1.99 output per 1M tokens (fp8 quantization).

Can I self-host Qwen3.6 27B?

Yes — weights are published as Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B on Hugging Face, so you can run it on your own hardware.