Qwen 3.6 Plus

qwen/qwen3.6-plus

agentic coding & reasoning.

cmd --model qwen/qwen3.6-plus
Intelligence index
27
Coding index
54.5
Input
$0.50 /M
Output
$3 /M
Cache read
$0.10 /M
Agent-loop cost
$0.22 /M in
Context window
200K tokens
Released
April 2, 2026
Modalities
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vs. the lineup

Qwen 3.6 Plus beside its stablemates and nearest rivals. The ◆ marks the best value in each column across every row shown.

pin a rival:
ModelIntelligenceCodingInput $/MOutput $/MBlended $/MContext
Qwen 3.8 Max 090245.4◆76.2◆$2$6$31M◆
Qwen 3.8 Max40.271.8$2$6$31M◆
Qwen 3.8 27B33.768.1$0.40$3$1.05262K
Qwen 3.6 Plus ◆2754.5$0.50$3$1.13200K
Qwen 3.8 Omni Flash——$0.15◆$0.47◆$0.23◆1M◆
Qwen 3.8 Flash——$0.16$0.47◆$0.241M◆
DeepSeek V4 Pro (latest)pinned3668.8$0.66$1.98$0.991M◆
DeepSeek V4 Flash (latest)pinned3469.1$0.15◆$0.60$0.261M◆

coding performance

The Intelligence Index and its sub-scores, ranked against every scored model in the catalog. A metric that has not been measured for Qwen 3.6 Plus has been left empty.

Coding Index
54.5
#43 of 52 scored
Terminal-Bench
61.4
#41 of 52 scored
Intelligence Index
27
#50 of 68 scored
Long-context reasoning
78.3
reasoning across a long context
GPQA Diamond
88.2
graduate-level QA

price bands

Qwen 3.6 Plus is not billed at one flat rate — the price changes with how much context a request carries. The header quotes the standard band; here is every band.

BandContextInput $/MOutput $/MCache read $/M
Standard≤ 256K$0.50$3.00$0.10
Long context> 256K$2.00$6.00$0.20

usage calculator

How far a month of credits goes on Qwen 3.6 Plus.

Input tokensfresh prompt
800
Output tokensmodel reply
180
Cache read tokensre-read context
50K
cost / request $0.0059 · in $0.50 · out $3 · cache $0.10 per M
fresh input 7%output 9%cache reads 84%
Requests / 30 days
1.7K
$10 credits ÷ $0.0059 per request
~337 quick fixes~67 bug fixes~11 feature PRs

what real work costs

Real coding tasks priced end to end on Qwen 3.6 Plus, from a quick lookup to a full-repo agent run.

One agent task
$0.07
180K in at 75% cache hit, 12K out
What you pay
$0.38 /M
all-in across every token that task touched
Sticker input
$0.50 /M
cache reads bill at $0.10 /M instead
TaskTokens in · outQwen 3.6 PlusMiMo V2.6 ProClaude Haiku 4.5
Quick lookup / one-liner8K · 1K$0.0041$0.0012$0.0065
Review a 500-line PR60K · 4K$0.03$0.01$0.04
Fix a bug (agent loop)180K · 12K$0.07$0.03$0.12
Refactor a module320K · 20K$0.13$0.06$0.21
Full-repo agent run900K · 45K$0.30$0.13$0.49

frequently asked

How much does Qwen 3.6 Plus cost?
$0.50/M input and $3/M output, cache reads $0.10/M. In an agent loop most input is cache-read, so the effective input rate is about $0.22/M.
Which plan do I need?
Available on Go and above.
How do I switch to it?
Run cmd --model qwen/qwen3.6-plus, or type /model in a session and pick it. You can switch mid-session without losing context.

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