# Qwen3.6 27B

> Qwen3.6 27B is an open-weight language model from Alibaba (Qwen), released on 22 Apr 2026. It accepts text, images, video and audio and generates text, with a 262K-token context window and up to 66K output tokens per response. As of 4 Oct 2026, the lowest listed API price is $0.30 per million input tokens and $3.20 per million output tokens (SiliconFlow), across 7 providers we track.

Source page: https://www.aimodel.directory/models/qwen3-6-27b
Last verified: 4 Oct 2026

## Specifications

- **Developer:** Alibaba (Qwen)
- **Release date:** 22 Apr 2026 (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/alibaba/models/qwen3.6-27b.toml)
- **Status:** Generally available (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/alibaba/models/qwen3.6-27b.toml)
- **Weights:** Open weights (source: Hugging Face, https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B)
- **License:** apache-2.0 (source: Hugging Face, https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B)
- **Parameters:** 27.8B (source: Hugging Face, https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B)
- **Context window:** 262K (262,144 tokens) (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/alibaba/models/qwen3.6-27b.toml)
- **Max output:** 66K tokens (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/alibaba/models/qwen3.6-27b.toml)
- **Input:** Text, images, video and audio (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/alibaba/models/qwen3.6-27b.toml)
- **Output:** Text (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/alibaba/models/qwen3.6-27b.toml)
- **Reasoning mode:** Yes (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/alibaba/models/qwen3.6-27b.toml)
- **Tool calling:** Yes (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/alibaba/models/qwen3.6-27b.toml)
- **Structured output:** Yes (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/alibaba/models/qwen3.6-27b.toml)
- **Hugging Face:** Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B (source: Hugging Face, https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B)

## API pricing (USD per 1M tokens)

| Provider | Input | Output | Cached input | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SiliconFlow | $0.30 | $3.20 | – | 262K |
| DeepInfra | $0.32 | $3.20 | – | 262K |
| OpenRouter | $0.32 | $3.20 | – | 262K |
| Hugging Face Inference Providers | $0.47 | $3.19 | – | 262K |
| Alibaba Cloud Model Studio | $0.60 | $3.60 | – | 262K |
| Groq | $0.60 | $3 | $0.30 | 131K |
| Vercel AI Gateway | $0.60 | $3.60 | – | 256K |

## FAQ

### What is the context window of Qwen3.6 27B?

Qwen3.6 27B has a context window of 262,144 tokens (262K) and can generate up to 65,536 tokens in a single response, according to models.dev.

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

Through Alibaba Cloud Model Studio, Qwen3.6 27B costs $0.60 per million input tokens and $3.60 per million output tokens. The lowest listed price is $0.30 input / $3.20 output through SiliconFlow. Prices last verified 4 Oct 2026.

### Is Qwen3.6 27B open source?

Qwen3.6 27B is an open-weight model: its weights are published on Hugging Face as Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B under the apache-2.0 license. Check the license terms before commercial use.

### When was Qwen3.6 27B released?

Alibaba (Qwen) released Qwen3.6 27B on 22 Apr 2026, according to models.dev.

### Which providers offer Qwen3.6 27B?

We track Qwen3.6 27B on 7 providers: SiliconFlow, DeepInfra, OpenRouter, Hugging Face Inference Providers, Alibaba Cloud Model Studio, Groq, Vercel AI Gateway.

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