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Qwen3.6 Plus

QwenReleased Apr 2, 2026

Qwen 3.6 Plus builds on a hybrid architecture that combines efficient linear attention with sparse mixture-of-experts routing, enabling strong scalability and high-performance inference. Compared to the 3.5 series, it delivers...

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Context window
1M tokens
Max output
66K tokens
Input
text, image, video
Output
text
Tokenizer
Qwen3
Released
Apr 2, 2026
Reasoning
optional

Pricing

Per 1M tokens. The provider price and our flat 3% fee are separate columns — what you pay is their sum.

Per 1M tokensProvider+ 3% feeYou pay
Input$0.325$0.0097$0.335
Output$1.95$0.058$2.01
Cache write$0.406$0.012$0.418

Benchmarks

Artificial Analysis

Intelligence index
39.6
Coding index
54.5
Agentic index
27.6

Design Arena

CategoryEloWin rateRank
3Dmodels127451.6%#23
ASCII artmodels117046.1%#35
Codemodels127351.7%#25
Data vizmodels126050.5%#25
Game devmodels127051.9%#25
SVGmodels121952%#22
UI componentsmodels128552.4%#22
Websitesmodels126251.5%#28

Head-to-head preference voting. How we filter and rank

Supported parameters

  • include_reasoning
  • logprobs
  • max_tokens
  • presence_penalty
  • reasoning
  • response_format
  • seed
  • structured_outputs
  • temperature
  • tool_choice
  • tools
  • top_logprobs
  • top_p

Call it

OpenAI-compatible: point your SDK at api.openkey.ai/v1 and use model qwen/qwen3.6-plus.

Code sample language
curl https://api.openkey.ai/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENKEY_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "qwen/qwen3.6-plus",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
  }'
import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.openkey.ai/v1",
    api_key=os.environ["OPENKEY_API_KEY"],
)

completion = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="qwen/qwen3.6-plus",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}],
)
print(completion.choices[0].message.content)
import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: "https://api.openkey.ai/v1",
  apiKey: process.env.OPENKEY_API_KEY,
});

const completion = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "qwen/qwen3.6-plus",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello" }],
});
console.log(completion.choices[0].message.content);

Questions

How much does Qwen3.6 Plus cost via API?
Through OpenKey, Qwen3.6 Plus costs $0.335 per 1M input tokens and $2.01 per 1M output tokens. That is the provider price ($0.325 / $1.95) plus a flat 3% fee — nothing else.
What is Qwen3.6 Plus's context window?
Qwen3.6 Plus accepts up to 1M tokens of context and returns up to 66K tokens per request.
Is Qwen3.6 Plus OpenAI-compatible?
Yes. Send requests to OpenKey's /v1/chat/completions endpoint with model "qwen/qwen3.6-plus" using any OpenAI SDK — only the base URL and API key change.
What inputs does Qwen3.6 Plus support?
Qwen3.6 Plus accepts text, image, video input and produces text output.

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