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Qwen3.6 27BvsQwen3.6-Plus
Qwen3.6-Plus leads 3 of 3 shared benchmarks. Qwen3.6-Plus has the larger context window (1M tokens).
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
0 – 3
Qwen3.6-Plus leads
Cheaper per token
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list price, input + output
Larger context
Qwen3.6-Plus
1M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
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Qwen
Qwen3.6 27B
Qwen · released 2026-04-21
textvision
- Context
- 262K
- Max out
- —
- Input /1M
- —
- Output /1M
- —
- Cached /1M
- —
- Scores
- 6 · 5 core
Qwen3.6-Plus
Qwen · released 2026-04-02
textvision
Quality
Benchmark matrix
3 shared · 2 only Qwen3.6 27B · 3 only Qwen3.6-Plus| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 27B | Qwen3.6-Plus | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 3 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 87.8% ↗ | 88.4% ↗epoch | -0.6 pt | Qwen3.6-Plus |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 35.1% ↗epoch | 38.2% ↗epoch | -3.1 pt | Qwen3.6-Plus |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | 91.1% ↗epoch | 93.3% ↗epoch | -2.2 pt | Qwen3.6-Plus |
| Only Qwen3.6 27B reports · 2 | ||||
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.2% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 86.2% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Only Qwen3.6-Plus reports · 3 | ||||
| LMArena Elo | not reported | 1436.7 ↗ | — | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | not reported | 44.1% ↗epoch | — | — |
| SWE-bench Verified (Epoch AI run) | not reported | 57.9% ↗epoch | — | — |
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is Qwen3.6 27B minus Qwen3.6-Plus in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing
Side by side
Official pricing pages and model cards| Spec | Qwen3.6 27B | Qwen3.6-Plus | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 262K tokens | 1M tokens | Qwen3.6-Plus |
| Max output | — | — | — |
| Input price / 1M | — | $0.276 ↗ | — |
| Output price / 1M | — | $1.65 ↗ | — |
| Cached input / 1M | — | — | — |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | — | $1.93 | — |
| Modalities | text · vision | text · vision | Tie |
| Released | 2026-04-21 | 2026-04-02 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 6 | 6 | — |
Reliability
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