Qwen3.6 27B (Reasoning)
AI model by Alibaba. Real-time pricing and benchmark data.
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Editorial Analysis
Profile. Qwen3.6 27B (Reasoning) is a budget-tier option from Alibaba at $3.60/M output tokens. Despite the low price, it scores competitively on Coding Index (53.7) and Intelligence Index (21.9) — making it a candidate for high-volume production workloads where unit cost dominates.
Latency. On latency, Qwen3.6 27B (Reasoning) reports 57 tok/s output speed and 3660ms time-to-first-token. Output speed is on the slower end; for real-time chat consider pairing with a streaming front-end or routing latency-sensitive requests to a faster model.
Cost model. For a workload of 1M input tokens + 100K output tokens, Qwen3.6 27B (Reasoning) costs $0.96 per million input-equivalent requests. Multiply by your monthly request volume to project the bill, and compare against the speed/correctness profile above to decide if the trade-off is worth it for your workload.
Editorial summary generated from public pricing and benchmark data (Artificial Analysis API). All numbers are sourced — see the Artificial Analysis methodology for benchmark definitions. Last refreshed 2026-10-08.
Compare with similar models
| Model | Input | Output | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|
Qwen3.6 27B (Reasoning)Current | $0.60 | $3.60 | 57 tok/s |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash (medium) | $0.75 | $3.75 | — |
| Gemini 3.6 Flash (high) | $0.75 | $3.75 | 193 tok/s |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash (high) | $0.75 | $3.75 | 303 tok/s |
| Gemini 3.7 Flash (high) | $0.75 | $3.75 | 288 tok/s |
| Gemini 3.7 Flash (low) | $0.75 | $3.75 | 308 tok/s |