Is Qwen3.8 Max or Qwen3.6 27B cheaper?

Qwen3.6 27B is cheaper on output tokens ($2.48 vs $6.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Qwen3.8 Max or Qwen3.6 27B?

Qwen3.8 Max has the larger context window (1M tokens).

Qwen3.8 Max vs Qwen3.6 27B

Qwen3.6 27B is cheaper on output tokens, while Qwen3.8 Max offers a larger context window. Choose Qwen3.8 Max or Qwen3.6 27B based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Qwen3.8 Max	Qwen3.6 27B
Provider	EmpirioLabs AI	EmpirioLabs AI
Input / 1M tokens	$2.00	$0.41
Output / 1M tokens	$6.00	$2.48
Context window	1M	256K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	No	Yes
Released	Aug 2026	Apr 2026

Qwen3.8 Max details →Qwen3.6 27B details →

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