Qwen3.6 Plus is 3.2× cheaper per million tokens (blended). Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads quality index by 1.3 points (81.2 vs 80.0). Qwen3.6 Plus has the larger context window (1,000,000 vs 262,144 tokens, 3.8×).
Qwen3.6 Max Preview vs Qwen3.6 Plus
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Qwen3.6 Max Preview
Qwen · qwen__qwen3.6-max-preview
Qwen3.6 Plus
Qwen · qwen__qwen3.6-plus
Identity
| Field | qwen__qwen3.6-max-preview | qwen__qwen3.6-plus |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Qwen | Qwen |
| Slug | qwen__qwen3.6-max-preview | qwen__qwen3.6-plus |
| Status | live | live |
| Open weights | No | No |
| License | — | — |
| HuggingFace | — | — |
Quality
| Field | qwen__qwen3.6-max-preview | qwen__qwen3.6-plus |
|---|---|---|
| Quality index (0–100) | 81.2 | 80.0 |
Cost
| Field | qwen__qwen3.6-max-preview | qwen__qwen3.6-plus |
|---|---|---|
| Input $ / 1M tokens | $1.03 | $0.33 |
| Cached input $ / 1M | — | — |
| Output $ / 1M tokens | $6.16 | $1.95 |
Context
| Field | qwen__qwen3.6-max-preview | qwen__qwen3.6-plus |
|---|---|---|
| Max context tokens | 262,144 | 1,000,000 |
| Max output tokens | 65,536 | 65,536 |
Modalities
| Field | qwen__qwen3.6-max-preview | qwen__qwen3.6-plus |
|---|---|---|
| Input | text | text, image, video |
| Output | text | text |