Qwen 3.6 Plus vs Qwen3.8 27B
Lower and Larger mark one number at a time; they don’t rank the models. How well a model does depends on your task; see Benchmarks for measured results.
| Detail | Qwen 3.6 Plusalibaba/qwen3.6-plus | Qwen3.8 27Balibaba/qwen3.8-27b |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | alibaba | alibaba |
| Kind | Chat | Chat |
| Input per 1M tokens | $0.525 | $0.525 |
| Cached input per 1M tokens | $0.0525 | $0.105 |
| Cache write per 1M tokens | $0.65625 | $0.65625 |
| Output per 1M tokens | $3.15 | $3.15 |
| Context window | 1,000,000 tokens | 1,000,000 tokens |
| Max output | 64,000 tokens | 131,072 tokens Larger |
| Capabilities | Reasoning, tool use, vision, file input | Reasoning, tool use, vision, file input |
| Takes | Text, image, pdf | Text, image, pdf, video |
| Returns | Text | Text |
| Zero data retention | Yes, on every provider | Not on every provider |
| No training on requests | Yes, on every provider | Not on every provider |
| Released | 2026-04-02 | 2026-08-14 |
Example costs
Example requests, priced at today’s rates with no cached input.
| Example request | Qwen 3.6 Plus | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| 1,000 tokens in, 200 out | $0.001155 | $0.001155 |
| 10,000 tokens in, 1,000 out | $0.0084 | $0.0084 |
| 100,000 tokens in, 4,000 out | $0.0651 | $0.0651 |