Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview

QWEN Developer Architecture Profile

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Intelligence (ELO)1458Chatbot Arena Verified

Max Context Limit262,144Max Out: 65,536 tokens

Prompt CachingStandardNo Cache Discount

Standard API / 1M$7.19Blended Standard Rate

Model Capabilities & Contract SLAs

Agentic
Coding & Logic
Fictional
🛠️ Native Tool Calling

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...

Granular Pricing Matrix

Input Tokens (Standard Prompt)$1.03 / 1M

Output Tokens (Completion)$6.16 / 1M

Pricing data via OpenRouter. Sync: 10/2/2026

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