# Qwen3.6 Flash

> Qwen3.6 Flash is a proprietary language model from Alibaba (Qwen), released on 27 Apr 2026. It accepts text, images and video and generates text, with a 1M-token context window and up to 66K output tokens per response. As of 4 Oct 2026, the lowest listed API price is $0.19 per million input tokens and $1.13 per million output tokens (Alibaba Cloud Model Studio), across 2 providers we track.

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

## Specifications

- **Developer:** Alibaba (Qwen)
- **Release date:** 27 Apr 2026 (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/alibaba/models/qwen3.6-flash.toml)
- **Status:** Generally available (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/alibaba/models/qwen3.6-flash.toml)
- **Weights:** Proprietary (API only) (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/alibaba/models/qwen3.6-flash.toml)
- **Context window:** 1M (1,000,000 tokens) (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/alibaba/models/qwen3.6-flash.toml)
- **Max output:** 66K tokens (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/alibaba/models/qwen3.6-flash.toml)
- **Knowledge cutoff:** Apr 2025 (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/alibaba/models/qwen3.6-flash.toml)
- **Input:** Text, images and video (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/alibaba/models/qwen3.6-flash.toml)
- **Output:** Text (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/alibaba/models/qwen3.6-flash.toml)
- **Reasoning mode:** Yes (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/alibaba/models/qwen3.6-flash.toml)
- **Tool calling:** Yes (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/alibaba/models/qwen3.6-flash.toml)
- **Structured output:** Yes (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/alibaba/models/qwen3.6-flash.toml)

## API pricing (USD per 1M tokens)

| Provider | Input | Output | Cached input | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alibaba Cloud Model Studio | $0.19 | $1.13 | – | 1M |
| OpenRouter | $0.19 | $1.13 | – | 1M |

## FAQ

### What is the context window of Qwen3.6 Flash?

Qwen3.6 Flash has a context window of 1,000,000 tokens (1M) and can generate up to 65,536 tokens in a single response, according to models.dev.

### How much does the Qwen3.6 Flash API cost?

Through Alibaba Cloud Model Studio, Qwen3.6 Flash costs $0.19 per million input tokens and $1.13 per million output tokens. Prices last verified 4 Oct 2026.

### Is Qwen3.6 Flash open source?

No. Qwen3.6 Flash is a proprietary model; Alibaba (Qwen) has not released its weights. It is available through APIs including Alibaba Cloud Model Studio, OpenRouter.

### When was Qwen3.6 Flash released?

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

### Which providers offer Qwen3.6 Flash?

We track Qwen3.6 Flash on 2 providers: Alibaba Cloud Model Studio, OpenRouter.

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