qwen

Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus

Qwen3.6 Plus is a model from Qwen that accepts text, image, and video input. It offers a context window of 1,000,000 tokens and can produce up to 65,536 tokens in a single completion, which suits long documents, large codebases, or lengthy video inputs. It supports tool calling and a reasoning mode. Structured output support is not confirmed in the available data, so teams that depend on strict schemas should test it first. Pricing is $0.325 per million input tokens and $1.95 per million output tokens. Because input costs far less than output, the model fits workloads that read a lot and write comparatively little, such as long-context retrieval, document review, or video analysis. It has no independent benchmark coverage yet, so its quality relative to alternatives is unproven. Shortlist it if you need multimodal input and a very large context at this price, and plan to run your own evaluations before committing.

Quality Score
100/100
price + capability + benchmarks
Input Price
$0.33
per 1M tokens · checked 2026-10-21
Output Price
$1.95
per 1M tokens · checked 2026-10-21
Context Window
1,000,000
tokens
Model ID
qwen/qwen3.6-plus
Vendor
qwen
Released
April 2026
Tokenizer
Qwen3
Input Modalities
text, image, video
Output Modalities
text
Max Output
65,536 tokens
Tool Calling
✓ supported
Structured Output
✓ supported
Reasoning Mode
✓ supported
Vision
✓ accepts images
Audio
no
Moderated
no

What it costs in practice

Computed from the current $0.33/M input and $1.95/M output rates. Run your own numbers →

JobTokensCost
Summarize a 50-page report 30k in / 1.5k out $0.01
Classify 1,000 customer emails 500k in / 50k out $0.26
A month of a busy support chatbot 5M in / 2M out $5.53

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Quick answers

How much does Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus cost?
$0.33 per million input tokens and $1.95 per million output tokens.
What is Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus's context window?
1,000,000 tokens, roughly 1,500 pages of text in a single request.
Does Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus support tool calling?
It supports tool calling, structured output, a reasoning mode.
Can Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus process images?
Yes, it accepts image input.

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