Alibaba

Qwen3.6 27B (Non-reasoning)

AI model by Alibaba. Real-time pricing and benchmark data.

Pricing (per 1M tokens)

Input$0.60
Output$3.60
Blended (3:1)$1.35

Source: Artificial Analysis

Performance

Output Speed57 tok/s
Time to First Token1441ms

Median values from Artificial Analysis

Editorial Analysis

Profile. Qwen3.6 27B (Non-reasoning) is a budget-tier option from Alibaba at $3.60/M output tokens. Despite the low price, it scores competitively on GPQA Diamond (82.9%) and Coding Index (46.6) — making it a candidate for high-volume production workloads where unit cost dominates.

Latency. On latency, Qwen3.6 27B (Non-reasoning) reports 57 tok/s output speed and 1441ms 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 (Non-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 2026-07-25.

Compare with similar models

ModelInputOutputSpeed
Qwen3.6 27B (Non-reasoning)Current
$0.60$3.6057 tok/s
Kimi K2.6 (Non-reasoning)
$0.95$4.0029 tok/s
Kimi K2.7 Code
$0.95$4.0045 tok/s
Nova Pro
$0.80$3.200 tok/s
Kimi K2.6
$0.95$4.000 tok/s
GLM-5 (Non-reasoning)
$1.00$3.200 tok/s

Example Costs

Single Request
$0.0024
1.0K in / 500 out
1K Requests/day
$2.40
1.0M in / 500.0K out
10K Requests/day
$24.00
10.0M in / 5.0M out