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Qwen3.6 27B

AlibabaReleased Apr 22, 2026Current

Score basis

Qwen3.6 27B is capable in multimodal tasks and long context; and behind the leaders in factuality, coding, reasoning, agentic tasks, and math. Too few results yet to rate safety, multilingual tasks, or instruction following.

Capability profile

Bars show the model's median result as a share of the leading model's, per capability. Select a row to see its results.

Capable2 capabilities
  1. Multimodal−11.1%5 of 6
  2. Long Context−16.0%1 of 3
Limited5 capabilities
  1. Factuality−30.0%2 of 4
  2. Coding−35.6%9 of 10
  3. Reasoning−36.0%4 of 6
  4. Agentic−41.9%4 of 7
  5. Math−47.7%2 of 5
Not rated3 capabilities

Too few results yet to rate Safety, Multilingual or Instruction Following.

Price

$0.60input$3.60outputper million tokens

From Alibaba's own price page · 5 providers tracked · All prices

Costs more than 64% of 331 priced models · 3:1 input-to-output blend, log scale

Evidence

101results on77benchmarks

  • 11 independently verified
  • 37 aggregator
  • 53 vendor-reported

From 9 sources · latest Oct 8, 2026 · How verification works

API features

Tool callingStructured outputsReasoning

As listed by OpenRouter

Research

44 papers reference Qwen3.6 27B

Qwen3.6 27B benchmark results

101 results on 77 benchmarks, grouped by capability. Each bar is the result as a share of the capability leader's; every result links to its source.

Multimodal

CapableFull multimodal ranking

11.1% behind the leader5 of 6 ranked benchmarks measured

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Long Context

CapableFull long context ranking

16.0% behind the leader1 of 3 ranked benchmarks measured

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Factuality

LimitedFull factuality ranking

30.0% behind the leader2 of 4 ranked benchmarks measured

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Coding

LimitedFull coding ranking

35.6% behind the leader9 of 10 ranked benchmarks measured

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Reasoning

LimitedFull reasoning ranking

36.0% behind the leader4 of 6 ranked benchmarks measured

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Agentic

LimitedFull agentic ranking

41.9% behind the leader4 of 7 ranked benchmarks measured

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Math

LimitedFull math ranking

47.7% behind the leader2 of 5 ranked benchmarks measured

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Instruction Following

Not enough dataFull instruction following ranking

0 of 3 ranked benchmarks measured

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More results

Benchmarks outside the capability baskets. They are not ranked against a leader.

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Qwen3.6 27B: common questions

Who makes Qwen3.6 27B?

Qwen3.6 27B is made by Alibaba.

When was Qwen3.6 27B released?

Qwen3.6 27B was released on Apr 22, 2026, according to Artificial Analysis.

What is Qwen3.6 27B good at?

Qwen3.6 27B is capable in multimodal tasks and long context; and behind the leaders in factuality, coding, reasoning, agentic tasks, and math. Too few results yet to rate safety, multilingual tasks, or instruction following.

How much does Qwen3.6 27B cost?

Qwen3.6 27B costs $0.60 per million input tokens and $3.60 per million output tokens, according to Alibaba's own price page. We track its price at 5 providers. At a mix of three input tokens to one output token, it costs more than 64% of the 331 priced models we track.

How many benchmarks has Qwen3.6 27B been tested on?

We track 101 results for Qwen3.6 27B on 77 benchmarks from 9 sources, 11 of them independently verified. The latest was recorded on Oct 8, 2026.

Which API features does Qwen3.6 27B support?

OpenRouter lists tool calling, structured outputs, and reasoning for Qwen3.6 27B.

About this record

Where Qwen3.6 27B's numbers come from, and every name it appears under.

Tracked since
Apr 25, 2026
Newest source mention
Aug 29, 2026

Where the results come from

Verification: 101 scores · 11 independently verified · 37 aggregator-attributed · 53 vendor-reported. How these tiers are assigned

From 9 sources on 6 sites. Artificial Analysis supplies 38 of them; the 11 independently verified results come from 4 sites. Bars are coloured by trust tier.

  • artificialanalysis.ai38
  • api.llm-stats.com34
  • huggingface.co19
  • livebench.ai7
  • 99franklin.github.io2
  • epoch.ai1

Also known as

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