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Qwen3.6 27b API Pricing

Qwen3.6 27b has tracked API rates of $0.6 per 1M input tokens and $3.60 per 1M output tokens. Rates are in USD from the AI IQ dataset; see the Qwen3.6 27b model profile for capability scores.

Input / 1M
$0.6
Output / 1M
$3.60
Effective / 1M I/O
$6.14
Cost Rank
#92

Price List

RatePrice (USD)Notes
Input$0.6per 1M tokens
Output$3.60per 1M tokens
Blended input + output$4.201M in + 1M out at list price
Context window262K tokens

Pricing References and Billing Caveats

These are the tracked rates, not a live quote. Hosted-provider choice, region, long-context tiers, caching, batch discounts, and temporary promotions can change the actual bill. Open-weight availability does not mean hosted inference is free. Workload examples assume the listed standard input and output rates, with no cache hits or discounts.

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What a Workload Costs

Computed straight from the list prices above — token counts are illustrative workload sizes, not measurements of Qwen3.6 27b.

WorkloadCostTokens
Short chat turn$0.002401K in / 500 out
Summarize a long document$0.067100K in / 2K out
Agentic coding session$0.660500K in / 100K out
1M input + 1M output tokens$4.201M in / 1M out

Effective Cost

In AI IQ's scoring, Qwen3.6 27b's list price is adjusted by a token-usage multiplier of 1.461 (measured from real benchmark runs), giving an effective cost of $6.14 per 1M input + output tokens. That places it #92 of 153 models on the effective-cost ranking (lower is cheaper). Some models spend far more tokens than others on the same task, so effective cost compares what a unit of work really costs. Method details are on the methodology page; see all models on the cost charts and the falling cost of intelligence over time.

Cheaper Alternatives at Similar Capability

Models with a lower effective cost that score within a few IQ points of Qwen3.6 27b (IQ 110), or better.

ModelProviderIQEffective Cost / 1M
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017DeepSeek127$3.24
gemini-3.7-flashGoogle127$5.94
DeepSeek V4.1 FlashDeepSeek126$1.87
gpt-6-lunaOpenAI125$0.7693
mimo-v2.6-proXiaomi125$1.52
gpt-5.6-lunaOpenAI124$1.63

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