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  1. Qwen3.6 Max PreviewAlibabaRemove
qwen3.6-max-preview
AttributeQwen3.6 Max Previewqwen3.6-max-preview
Pricing
Input$1.30 / 1M
Output$7.80 / 1M
Cache Write (5m)$1.30 / 1M
Cache Write (1h)$1.30 / 1M
Cache Read$1.30 / 1M
Web Search$0 / 1M
Context
Max context262.1K
Max outputN/A
Capabilities
VisionYes
Function CallingYes
JSON ModeYes
StreamingYes
Catalogue
ProviderAlibaba
Categorychat
Charge typePay As You Go
Released
Description
SummaryQwen3.6-Max-Preview is a proprietary frontier model from Alibaba Cloud built on a sparse Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) architecture with approximately 1 trillion parameters. It is optimized for agentic coding, tool use, and long-context reasoning, supporting a 262K token context window. The model includes an integrated thinking mode that preserves reasoning across multi-turn interactions, along with support for structured outputs and function calling. Available exclusively via Alibaba Cloud Model Studio and Qwen Studio APIs, it is designed for high-performance, production-grade agent workflows.