Qwen3.6-Max-Preview
Last verified August 3, 2026 · Alibaba pricing ↗$1.30/1M input · $7.80/1M output · 262K context · Alibaba
Qwen3.6-Max-Preview costs $1.30 per 1M input tokens and $7.80 per 1M output tokens from Alibaba, with a 262K-token context window. A typical chat reply (1,500 tokens in, 400 out) costs $0.0051, or $50.70 per 10,000 requests. On that workload it is cheaper than 68 of the 173 other buyable models tracked here.
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What Qwen3.6-Max-Preview Costs Per Request
At $1.30 per 1M input and $7.80 per 1M output tokens, before caching or batch discounts.
| Workload | Input / output tokens | Per request | Per 10,000 requests |
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| Chat reply | 1,500 / 400 | $0.0051 | $50.70 |
| RAG answer over retrieved docs | 8,000 / 600 | $0.015 | $150.80 |
| Coding-agent step | 30,000 / 2,000 | $0.055 | $546.00 |
Qwen3.6-Max-Preview vs Similarly Priced Models
Nearest buyable models by price, with the RAG answer above (8,000 in / 600 out) priced on each.
| Model | Input /1M | Output /1M | Context | RAG answer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3.6-Max-Preview Alibaba | $1.30 | $7.80 | 262K | $0.015 |
| Qwen3.7 Max Alibaba | $2.50 | $7.50 | 1.0M | $0.025 |
| Gemini 4 Hydrogen Google | $1.50 | $7.50 | 1.0M | $0.017 |
| Mistral Medium 3.5 Mistral | $1.50 | $7.50 | 256K | $0.017 |
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Pricing Details
AlibabaClosed-weights flagship (first Qwen Max with no Hugging Face listing). Alibaba DashScope $1.30/$7.80, cached input ~$0.13; confirmed 2026-08-03, where the table also shows the model is length-tiered — $1.30/$7.80 up to 128K input and $2.00/$12.00 from 128K to 256K, so a request that crosses 128K reprices whole at ~1.54x input and ~1.54x output. OpenRouter routes at $1.04/$6.24 (20% off promo). SWE-Bench Pro #1 (unseated GLM-5.1), Terminal-Bench 2.0 69.4, AIME 2025 93, GPQA 86. SWE-Bench Verified not published.
Input / 1M tokens
$1.3
Output / 1M tokens
$7.8
Context Window
262K
Max Output
33K
Price History
No price change recorded since 2026-08-03, when this site started tracking this model; it launched on 2026-04-20.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Qwen3.6-Max-Preview pricing and usage
How much does Qwen3.6-Max-Preview cost?
Qwen3.6-Max-Preview costs $1.3 per 1 million input tokens and $7.8 per 1 million output tokens. This pricing is set by Alibaba.
What tokenizer does Qwen3.6-Max-Preview use?
Qwen3.6-Max-Preview uses the cl100k_base tokenizer. This tokenizer has a vocabulary of ~100,000 tokens and is widely used across many models.
What is Qwen3.6-Max-Preview's context window?
Qwen3.6-Max-Preview supports a context window of 262K tokens (262,144 tokens). The maximum output length is 33K tokens.
How does Qwen3.6-Max-Preview compare to other models?
On an 8,000-token-in, 600-token-out RAG answer, Qwen3.6-Max-Preview costs $0.015 per request. The nearest-priced alternatives cost: Qwen3.7 Max (Alibaba) $0.025, Gemini 4 Hydrogen (Google) $0.017, Mistral Medium 3.5 (Mistral) $0.017. The table above lists their full rates and context windows.
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