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Qwen3.6 Max Preview Pricing

Qwen · qwen-qwen3-6-max-preview

Input / 1M tokens

$1.04

Output / 1M tokens

$6.24

Context window

262,144 tokens

≈ 350 pages of text

Max output

65,536 tokens

What it costs in practice

Typical request (1,200 in + 400 out tokens)$0.0037

1,000 requests / month$3.74/mo 10,000 requests / month$37.44/mo 100,000 requests / month$374.40/mo

Estimate your own workloadOpens the calculator with Qwen3.6 Max Preview preloaded — adjust volume and token counts there.

Price history

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Pricing and specs for this model are auto-synced from OpenRouter, but it isn't one of our editorial picks yet — no “what it excels at” write-up or business tradeoff notes. Any tier badge above is estimated from price.

Cheaper from Qwen

Qwen3.7 PlusQwen$0.0009/ typical request Qwen3.5-9BQwen$0.0002/ typical request

Same tier from other providers

GPT-5.4 MiniOpenAI$0.0027/ typical request Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic$0.0096/ typical request Llama 4 MaverickMeta$0.0004/ typical request

Head-to-head

Qwen3.6 Max Preview vs GPT-5.4 Mini →Qwen3.6 Max Preview vs Claude Sonnet 4.6 →Qwen3.6 Max Preview vs Llama 4 Maverick →

Vendor list rates, as of Jun 15, 2026 · source: openrouter · per-request examples assume 1,200 input + 400 output tokens.