Qwen 3.6 27B API

alibaba/qwen3.6-27b
Qwen3.6-27B is the first fully dense open-weight model in the Qwen3.6 series and it just beat a 397-billion-parameter model on agentic coding benchmarks.
Context
256K tokens
Input
$0.78 / 1M tokens
Output
$4.68 / 1M tokens
Released
Apr 23, 2026

How to use Qwen 3.6 27B API

Install any OpenAI-compatible SDK, point it at api.aimlapi.com/v1, and set the model to alibaba/qwen3.6-27b.
import requests

r = requests.post(
    "https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer " + AIMLAPI_KEY},
    json={
      "model": "alibaba/qwen3.6-27b",
      "messages": [
        {
          "role": "user",
          "content": "Hello!"
        }
      ]
    },
)
print(r.json())
const r = await fetch("https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.AIMLAPI_KEY}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "model": "alibaba/qwen3.6-27b",
    "messages": [
      {
        "role": "user",
        "content": "Hello!"
      }
    ]
  }),
});
console.log(await r.json());
curl -X POST https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AIMLAPI_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"alibaba/qwen3.6-27b","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello!"}]}'

OpenAI-compatible — swap the base URL and it works with your existing SDK.

Qwen 3.6 27B API Pricing

TypePrice
Input
$0.78 / 1M tokens
Output
$4.68 / 1M tokens

Qwen 3.6 27B Benchmarks

BenchmarkScoreWhat it measuresSourceRetrieved
Intelligence
21.9
Composite score across standardised reasoning, knowledge and problem-solving evaluations, measured independently by Artificial AnalysisSourceSeptember 12, 2026
Coding
53.7
Composite score across standardised coding evaluations, measured independently by Artificial AnalysisSourceSeptember 12, 2026

Qwen 3.6 27B vs other models

ModelInputOutputContextBest for
Qwen 3.6 27B
This page
$0.78 / 1M tokens
$4.68 / 1M tokens
256K tokens
Reasoning + agents
$6.5 / 1M tokens
$39 / 1M tokens
1.05M tokens
Reasoning + agents
$2.6 / 1M tokens
$13 / 1M tokens
1M tokens
Balanced coding + agents
$3.9 / 1M tokens
$19.5 / 1M tokens
1M tokens
Long-context, multimodal & agentic workflows
$0.65 / 1M tokens
$3.9 / 1M tokens
1.05M tokens
Reasoning + agents

Frequently asked questions

Qwen 3.6 27B has a 256,000 tokens context window and can return up to 252,000 tokens.

Qwen 3.6 27B takes image, text as input and returns text.

Use alibaba/qwen3.6-27b as the model id. Requests go to https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions.

Qwen 3.6 27B became available on April 23, 2026.

Qwen 3.6 27B is priced at input $0.78 / 1M tokens, output $4.68 / 1M tokens.

Yes, Qwen 3.6 27B can stream responses as they are generated.

Yes, Qwen 3.6 27B accepts image input alongside text.

Qwen 3.6 27B was built by Alibaba Cloud.

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