Alibaba · Qwen (Alibaba)
Qwen 3.6 Plus
ActiveReleased 2 months ago· Apr 1, 2026Multimodal model
Cost-performance leader; 78.8% SWE-bench Verified; closed-weights. $0.325/$1.95 via DashScope ($0.50/$3.00 third-party).
- API string
- qwen3.6-plus
- Context window
- 1M ctx
- Tier
- Balanced
- Released
- Apr 1, 2026
Release & change timeline
1 event- Release
Qwen 3.6 Plus released
First Qwen model to directly challenge Anthropic/OpenAI flagships on practical coding; 78.8% SWE-bench Verified, 1M context.
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