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Qwen3.6 Plus

AlibabaReleased Apr 2, 2026Current

Score basis

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

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.

Strong1 capability
  1. Long Context−7.5%2 of 3
Capable2 capabilities
  1. Multimodal−17.0%4 of 6
  2. Factuality−20.5%3 of 4
Limited5 capabilities
  1. Coding−27.4%10 of 10
  2. Reasoning−30.9%4 of 6
  3. Agentic−35.4%4 of 7
  4. Instruction Following−35.8%2 of 3
  5. Math−46.4%2 of 5
Not rated2 capabilities

Too few results yet to rate Safety or Multilingual.

Price

$0.50input$3.00outputper million tokens

From Alibaba's own price page · 3 providers tracked · All prices

Costs more than 61% of 330 priced models · 3:1 input-to-output blend, log scale

Evidence

102results on87benchmarks

  • 12 independently verified
  • 18 aggregator
  • 59 vendor-reported
  • 13 cross-referenced

From 10 sources · latest Oct 8, 2026 · How verification works

API features

Tool callingStructured outputsReasoning

As listed by OpenRouter

Research

3 papers reference Qwen3.6 Plus

Qwen3.6 Plus benchmark results

102 results on 87 benchmarks, grouped by capability. Each bar is the result as a share of the capability leader's; every result links to its source.

Long Context

StrongFull long context ranking

7.5% behind the leader2 of 3 ranked benchmarks measured

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Multimodal

CapableFull multimodal ranking

17.0% behind the leader4 of 6 ranked benchmarks measured

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Factuality

CapableFull factuality ranking

20.5% behind the leader3 of 4 ranked benchmarks measured

Coding

LimitedFull coding ranking

27.4% behind the leader10 of 10 ranked benchmarks measured

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Reasoning

LimitedFull reasoning ranking

30.9% behind the leader4 of 6 ranked benchmarks measured

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Agentic

LimitedFull agentic ranking

35.4% behind the leader4 of 7 ranked benchmarks measured

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Instruction Following

LimitedFull instruction following ranking

35.8% behind the leader2 of 3 ranked benchmarks measured

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Math

LimitedFull math ranking

46.4% behind the leader2 of 5 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 Plus: common questions

Who makes Qwen3.6 Plus?

Qwen3.6 Plus is made by Alibaba.

When was Qwen3.6 Plus released?

Qwen3.6 Plus was released on Apr 2, 2026, according to Artificial Analysis.

What is Qwen3.6 Plus good at?

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

How much does Qwen3.6 Plus cost?

Qwen3.6 Plus costs $0.50 per million input tokens and $3.00 per million output tokens, according to Alibaba's own price page. We track its price at 3 providers. At a mix of three input tokens to one output token, it costs more than 61% of the 330 priced models we track.

How many benchmarks has Qwen3.6 Plus been tested on?

We track 102 results for Qwen3.6 Plus on 87 benchmarks from 10 sources, 12 of them independently verified. The latest was recorded on Oct 8, 2026.

Which API features does Qwen3.6 Plus support?

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

About this record

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

Tracked since
Apr 27, 2026
Newest source mention
May 30, 2026

Where the results come from

Verification: 102 scores · 12 independently verified · 18 aggregator-attributed · 13 vendor cross-reference · 59 vendor-reported. How these tiers are assigned

From 10 sources on 7 sites. api.llm-stats.com supplies 51 of them; the 12 independently verified results come from 4 sites. Bars are coloured by trust tier.

  • api.llm-stats.com51
  • huggingface.co21
  • artificialanalysis.ai18
  • livebench.ai7
  • epoch.ai3
  • datasets-server.huggingface.co1
  • lmarena.ai1

Also known as

qwen 3.6+qwen-3.6-plusqwen3-6-plusqwen 3.6 plus (2026-04-02)