Is Qwen3.6 Plus or Claude Sonnet 4.5 cheaper?

Qwen3.6 Plus is cheaper on output tokens ($3.00 vs $15.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Qwen3.6 Plus or Claude Sonnet 4.5?

Qwen3.6 Plus has the larger context window (1M tokens).

Qwen3.6 Plus vs Claude Sonnet 4.5

Qwen3.6 Plus is cheaper on output tokens, while Qwen3.6 Plus offers a larger context window. Choose Qwen3.6 Plus or Claude Sonnet 4.5 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Qwen3.6 Plus	Claude Sonnet 4.5
Provider	Merge Gateway	Merge Gateway
Input / 1M tokens	$0.50	$3.00
Output / 1M tokens	$3.00	$15.00
Context window	1M	200K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	No	No
Released	Apr 2026	Sep 2025

Qwen3.6 Plus details →Claude Sonnet 4.5 details →

FAQ

Pricing is indicative — confirm with the provider before production use. Highlighted values indicate the better figure for that row.