Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview pricing
Qwen3.6-Max-Preview is a proprietary frontier model from Alibaba Cloud built on a sparse mixture-of-experts architecture with approximately 1 trillion total parameters. Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview from OpenRouter costs $1.03 per 1M input tokens and $6.16 per 1M output tokens. Context window 262,144 tokens.
API id qwen/qwen3.6-max-preview · OpenRouter · source · updated 2026-09-25 · general-purpose
$1.03
Input / 1M tokens
$6.16
Output / 1M tokens
—
Cached input / 1M
262K
Context window
Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview specifications
- Provider
- OpenRouter
- API id
qwen/qwen3.6-max-preview- Model type
- general-purpose
- Context window
- 262K tokens
- Max output
- 66K tokens
- Currency
- USD
- Price source
- Provider API
- Last checked
- 2026-09-25
Tags
- flagship
- preview
Qwen3.6 Max Preview 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.
| Provider | Input /1M | Cached /1M | Output /1M | 1M in + 1M out | vs vendor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1.03 | — | $6.16 | $7.19 | — | |
| $1.03 | — | $6.16 | $7.19 | — |
What Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview costs in practice
| Workload | Input tokens | Output tokens | Estimated cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short chat turn | 1,000 | 500 | $0.0041 |
| Document summary | 50,000 | 2,000 | $0.06 |
| 1M tokens in, 200K out | 1,000,000 | 200,000 | $2.26 |
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 Max Preview cost per 1M tokens?
- Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview costs $1.03 per 1M input tokens and $6.16 per 1M output tokens on the standard tier.
- What is Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview's context window?
- Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview accepts up to 262,144 tokens in a single request, and can return up to 65,536 output tokens.
- Is there a cheaper OpenRouter model than Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview?
- Yes. OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo is $0.500 per 1M input tokens versus $1.03 for Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview, with a 16,385 token context window.
- Where does this Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview 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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