Is Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking or Qwen: Qwen3.6 27B cheaper?

Qwen: Qwen3.6 27B is cheaper on output tokens ($2.39 vs $3.90 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking or Qwen: Qwen3.6 27B?

Both models offer a similar context window.

Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking vs Qwen: Qwen3.6 27B

Qwen: Qwen3.6 27B is cheaper on output tokens. Choose Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking or Qwen: Qwen3.6 27B based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking	Qwen: Qwen3.6 27B
Provider	Qwen	Qwen
Input / 1M tokens	$0.78	$0.26
Output / 1M tokens	$3.90	$2.39
Context window	262K	262K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	No	—
Released	Jan 2026	—

Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking details →Qwen: Qwen3.6 27B details →

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