Qwen3.6 Max Preview
Qwen3.6 Max Preview is a reasoning model from Qwen released on Apr 20, 2026. It reads text and writes text, with a 262K token context window and up to 66K tokens per reply.
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It costs $1.30 per million input tokens and $7.80 per million output tokens. Cached input bills at $0.13, 90% less than fresh input.
It supports tool calling, structured JSON output and prompt caching.
7 providers serve it, including NanoGPT, Pioneer and AIHubMix. The lowest input price is $1.04 per million tokens at NanoGPT.
- Modalities
- In / out price
- $1.30 / $7.80 per 1M
- Context
- 262K
- Max output
- 66K
- Released
- Apr 20, 2026
- Knowledge cutoff
- Apr 2025
- Tool calling
- Structured output
- Reasoning
- Prompt caching
- Open weights
- Free to use
Qwen3.6 Max Preview pricing
USD, as listed on Oct 15, 2026. Most bills are input heavy, so the cached input rate matters as much as the headline price.
| Input | $1.30 / 1M tokens | |
|---|---|---|
| Output | $7.80 / 1M tokens | |
| Cached input (read) | $0.13 / 1M tokens | 90% off input |
| Cache write | $1.63 / 1M tokens |
Qwen3.6 Max Preview providers
7 providers serve it, including NanoGPT, Pioneer and AIHubMix. The lowest input price is $1.04 per million tokens at NanoGPT. Each host sets its own price and limits, so the cheapest one is not always the one with the longest context.
| Provider | Input /M | Output /M | Cache read /M | Context | Max output |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alibaba First party | $1.30 | $7.80 | $0.13 | 262K | 66K |
| NanoGPT | $1.04 | $6.24 | $0.52 | 246K | 66K |
| Pioneer | $1.04 | $6.24 | $0.208 | 240K | 64K |
| AIHubMix | $1.27 | $7.61 | $0.1268 | 240K | 64K |
| Merge Gateway | $1.31 | $7.88 | – | 256K | 66K |
| Alibaba (China) | $1.32 | $7.90 | $0.132 | 246K | 66K |
| Ofox | $2.15 | $12.86 | $0.20 | 262K | 66K |
What Qwen3.6 Max Preview costs per month
Pick a workload close to yours or type your own volumes.
Supported request parameters
What you can set when you call Qwen3.6 Max Preview through an OpenAI compatible API.
- Tools
tools - Structured outputs
structured_outputs - Reasoning
reasoning - Temperature
temperature
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Qwen3.6 Max Preview questions
How much does the Qwen3.6 Max Preview API cost?
$1.30 per million input tokens and $7.80 per million output tokens, with cached input at $0.13. The estimator on this page turns that into a monthly bill for your own workload.
What is the context window of Qwen3.6 Max Preview?
262,144 tokens of input, and it can write up to 65,536 tokens in one reply. As a rough guide, a million tokens is around 750,000 English words.
Which providers serve Qwen3.6 Max Preview?
7 providers serve it, including NanoGPT, Pioneer and AIHubMix. The lowest input price is $1.04 per million tokens at NanoGPT. Prices differ by host, so the Providers table on this page lists each one with its input and output price.
Does Qwen3.6 Max Preview support tool calling?
Yes. It accepts tool definitions and can return JSON that matches a schema, which is what an agent needs to call your APIs.
Is Qwen3.6 Max Preview open source?
No. Qwen serves it through an API only, so you cannot download the weights or host it yourself.
When was Qwen3.6 Max Preview released?
Apr 20, 2026, with training data up to Apr 2025.
Catalog data from models.dev (MIT licensed), refreshed daily, last on Oct 15, 2026. The summary is written from these facts.
Building on Qwen3.6 Max Preview?
I test your real tasks on it and the two closest alternatives, then ship the agent on whichever wins on cost and accuracy.
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