Is Qwen3.5 9B or Qwen3.6 27B cheaper?

Qwen3.5 9B is cheaper on output tokens ($0.13 vs $2.48 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Qwen3.5 9B or Qwen3.6 27B?

Qwen3.5 9B has the larger context window (262K tokens).

Qwen3.5 9B vs Qwen3.6 27B

Qwen3.5 9B is cheaper on output tokens, while Qwen3.5 9B offers a larger context window. Choose Qwen3.5 9B or Qwen3.6 27B based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Qwen3.5 9B	Qwen3.6 27B
Provider	EmpirioLabs AI	EmpirioLabs AI
Input / 1M tokens	$0.09	$0.41
Output / 1M tokens	$0.13	$2.48
Context window	262K	256K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Feb 2026	Apr 2026

Qwen3.5 9B details →Qwen3.6 27B details →

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