by Alibaba (Qwen Team)
Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview.
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open weights
262K ctx
Cheapest input
$1.04/M
on Alibaba DashScope
Cheapest output
$6.24/M
on Alibaba DashScope
Fastest
38 tok/s
on OpenRouter
Hosted equiv.
~$2.25/hr
@ 100 tok/s on Alibaba DashScope
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..
Where to use it
Cheapest hosted endpoints.
Performance
Speed across providers.
Tokens/sec and time-to-first-token measured against the same prompt template on each provider's API.
| Provider | Tokens/sec | TTFT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter | 38.2 | 51168 ms | 53549 ms |
FAQ
Frequently asked.
How do I run Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview?
Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview is open-weight, so you can self-host on rented GPUs. See the Run It Yourself tab for GPU configurations + cost estimates, or use one of the hosted inference providers listed on this page.
Where can I access Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview?
Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview is available via Alibaba DashScope, OpenRouter. Each access option lists its own pricing (per million tokens or hourly hosting).
How much does it cost to run Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview?
API pricing starts at $1.04/M input tokens and $6.24/M output tokens. Self-hosting cost depends on the GPU you rent — see the Run It Yourself tab.
Is Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview open-source or proprietary?
Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview is open-weight under the license. You can download and self-host it.
API pricing
Per provider
What it costs per month across providers.
Estimate your monthly bill for Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview across every host that publishes per-token pricing. Slide your token volumes; the chart + table re-rank cheapest-first.
Cheapest
$22.88
Alibaba DashScope
$/M input
$1.04
per million tokens
$/M output
$6.24
per million tokens
Providers
2
with priced rows
Monthly bill
Cheapest provider on the left.
Total monthly cost — input + output tokens combined.
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Bill breakdown.
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Context window
How much it can remember.
262K tokens
≈ 196,608 English words
4K
32K
128K
1M
Capabilities
What it can do.
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Vision input
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Audio input
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Video input
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Function calling
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Tool use
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JSON mode
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Streaming
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Fine-tuning