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Qwen: Qwen3.6 Flash pricing

Qwen3.6 Flash is a fast, efficient language model from Alibaba's Qwen 3.6 series. It supports text, image, and video input with a 1M token context window. Qwen: Qwen3.6 Flash from OpenRouter costs $0.188 per 1M input tokens and $1.13 per 1M output tokens. Context window 1,000,000 tokens.

API id qwen/qwen3.6-flash · OpenRouter · source · updated 2026-09-25 · general-purpose

$0.188
Input / 1M tokens
$1.13
Output / 1M tokens
—
Cached input / 1M
1M
Context window

Qwen: Qwen3.6 Flash specifications

Provider
OpenRouter
API id
qwen/qwen3.6-flash
Model type
general-purpose
Context window
1M tokens
Max output
66K tokens
Currency
USD
Price source
Provider API
Last checked
2026-09-25

Tags

  • fast
  • vision

Qwen3.6 Flash across providers

The same model, priced by every seller we track. Ranked by the cost of 1M input + 1M output tokens, standard tier; savings measured against buying from the vendor directly.

ProviderInput /1MCached /1MOutput /1M1M in + 1M outvs vendor
Alibaba (Qwen)VendorCheapest
$0.188—$1.13$1.31—
OpenRouterHostviewing
$0.188—$1.13$1.31—

What Qwen: Qwen3.6 Flash costs in practice

Estimated cost at common usage volumes
WorkloadInput tokensOutput tokensEstimated cost
Short chat turn1,000500$0.0008
Document summary50,0002,000$0.01
1M tokens in, 200K out1,000,000200,000$0.41

Estimates use the standard tier and ignore caching discounts, so real bills with repeated prompt prefixes are typically lower.

Common questions

How much does Qwen: Qwen3.6 Flash cost per 1M tokens?
Qwen: Qwen3.6 Flash costs $0.188 per 1M input tokens and $1.13 per 1M output tokens on the standard tier.
What is Qwen: Qwen3.6 Flash's context window?
Qwen: Qwen3.6 Flash accepts up to 1,000,000 tokens in a single request, and can return up to 65,536 output tokens.
Is there a cheaper OpenRouter model than Qwen: Qwen3.6 Flash?
Yes. MythoMax 13B is $0.080 per 1M input tokens versus $0.188 for Qwen: Qwen3.6 Flash, with a 8,192 token context window.
Where does this Qwen: Qwen3.6 Flash price come from?
From the OpenRouter catalogue, because OpenRouter does not publish machine-readable pricing. OpenRouter is a reseller, so its rate can differ from OpenRouter's own — verify before committing spend.

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