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

Qwen3.5 Plus is cheaper on output tokens ($2.21 vs $2.48 per 1M).

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

Qwen3.5 Plus has the larger context window (1M tokens).

Qwen3.5 Plus vs Qwen3.6 27B

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

Spec	Qwen3.5 Plus	Qwen3.6 27B
Provider	EmpirioLabs AI	EmpirioLabs AI
Input / 1M tokens	$0.36	$0.41
Output / 1M tokens	$2.21	$2.48
Context window	1M	256K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	No	Yes
Released	Feb 2026	Apr 2026

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

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