Qwen3.6 27B

qwen/qwen3.6-27b-20260422

Qwen: Qwen3.6 27B from qwen accepts text, image, and video inputs and produces text output, with a context length of 262,144 tokens. It supports tools and reasoning, is not open weights, costs $0.45 per million input tokens and $2.70 per million output tokens, and was released on 2026-04-27.

  • tool use
  • structured outputs
  • reasoning
  • open-weight

At a glance

providerqwen
releasedApr 22, 2026
context262K
input / M$0.30

Specifications

What the API gives you

Context window
262K tokens
Max output
66K tokens
Input price
$0.30 / 1M tokens
Output price
$2 / 1M tokens
Cache read
$0.030 / 1M tokens
Modalities
text, image, video → text
Knowledge cutoff
—
Released
Apr 22, 2026

Measured evidence

Public benchmark record

LiveBench Agentic Coding
39.3%2026-06-25
LiveBench Coding
71.8%2026-06-25
LiveBench Data Analysis
70.4%2026-06-25
LiveBench Instruction Following
53.2%2026-06-25
LiveBench Language
63.3%2026-06-25
LiveBench Math
79.9%2026-06-25
LiveBench Reasoning
70.3%2026-06-25
SWE-rebench‡
36.5% ± 0.42026-05-15tools
SWE-rebench‡
33.8% ± 1.02026-07-01tools

LMArena data licensed CC-BY-4.0. Aider (Apache-2.0) and SWE-bench (MIT) are open. Design Arena uses blind human preference. ‡ Submitted scaffold plus model result. Compare the harness and effort settings, not only the model name.

Open-weight model on Hugging Face.

Task evidence

How broad is the support?

Each status is exact to this model version and the selected task. Official release claims remain provisional.

  • Best LLM for Competition MathProvisional evidence

    65% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LMArena Instruction Following or LMArena Math. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Math & ReasoningProvisional evidence

    65% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LMArena Instruction Following or LMArena Math. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Logic & Problem SolvingProvisional evidence

    60% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LMArena Instruction Following or LMArena Math. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Debugging & Code ReviewProvisional evidence

    55% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Aider Polyglot or LMArena WebDev. 6 of 6 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for a General AssistantProvisional evidence

    55% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LMArena Instruction Following or LMArena Text. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Code CompletionProvisional evidence

    50% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Aider Polyglot or LMArena WebDev. 4 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Creative WritingProvisional evidence

    50% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LMArena Creative Writing or LMArena Text. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for WritingProvisional evidence

    50% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LMArena Creative Writing or LMArena Text. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Fast SummariesProvisional evidence

    50% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LMArena Text or Route reliability. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best Local LLM for CodingProvisional evidence

    44% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Aider Polyglot or LMArena WebDev. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best Value LLMProvisional evidence

    43% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LMArena Text or Route reliability. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for CodingProvisional evidence

    42% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Aider Polyglot or Design Arena Coding. 8 of 8 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best Cheap LLM for High VolumeProvisional evidence

    42% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LMArena Text or Route reliability. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Cheapest Capable LLMProvisional evidence

    42% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LMArena Text or Route reliability. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best Open-Weight LLM for Self-HostingProvisional evidence

    42% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LMArena Text or Route reliability. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Autonomous AgentsProvisional evidence

    41% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Frontier-Bench or LMArena Agent. 7 of 7 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Literary TranslationProvisional evidence

    40% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LMArena Text or WMT translation. 4 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Everyday TranslationProvisional evidence

    40% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LMArena Text or WMT translation. 4 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for TranslationProvisional evidence

    40% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LMArena Text or WMT translation. 4 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Business WritingProvisional evidence

    40% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LMArena Creative Writing or LMArena Instruction Following. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Marketing CopyProvisional evidence

    40% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LMArena Creative Writing or LMArena Instruction Following. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Chat & RoleplayProvisional evidence

    40% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LMArena Creative Writing or LMArena Text. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Roleplay & CharacterProvisional evidence

    40% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LMArena Creative Writing or LMArena Text. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Agentic CodingProvisional evidence

    37% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Design Arena Full-stack or Design Arena Web-apps. 8 of 8 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for High-Volume ExtractionProvisional evidence

    31% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Route reliability or Structured-output eval. 2 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Document SummarizationProvisional evidence

    30% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from FACTS Grounding or LMArena Document. 4 of 6 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for SummarizationProvisional evidence

    30% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from FACTS Grounding or LMArena Document. 4 of 6 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for AI AgentsProvisional evidence

    30% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or LMArena Agent. 7 of 7 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for JSON & Schema OutputProvisional evidence

    28% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or LMArena Text. 4 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Structured Data ExtractionProvisional evidence

    28% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or LMArena Text. 4 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Image UnderstandingProvisional evidence

    20% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LMArena Vision or VLMEvalKit tasks. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Hermes AgentProvisional evidence

    18% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or LMArena Agent. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for OpenHandsProvisional evidence

    18% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or LMArena Agent. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for GooseProvisional evidence

    18% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or LMArena Agent. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for OpenClawProvisional evidence

    18% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or LMArena Agent. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Tool & Function CallingProvisional evidence

    10% of intended weighted task evidence across 0 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or LMArena Agent. 4 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Computer & Browser UseProvisional evidence

    10% of intended weighted task evidence across 0 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or LMArena Agent. 4 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for OCR & DocumentsProvisional evidence

    10% of intended weighted task evidence across 0 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LMArena Document or LMArena Vision. 3 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Frontend & UIProvisional evidence

    10% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Design Arena Coding or Design Arena UI. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Vision & DocumentsProvisional evidence

    10% of intended weighted task evidence across 0 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LMArena Document or LMArena Vision. 3 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Grounded RAGProvisional evidence

    10% of intended weighted task evidence across 0 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from CRAG or FACTS Grounding. 2 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Charts & DiagramsProvisional evidence

    10% of intended weighted task evidence across 0 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LMArena Document or LMArena Vision. 3 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Document ParsingProvisional evidence

    10% of intended weighted task evidence across 0 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LMArena Document or LMArena Vision. 3 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Massive ContextProvisional evidence

    6% of intended weighted task evidence across 0 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LMArena Document or LMArena Long Query. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for RAG & Long ContextProvisional evidence

    6% of intended weighted task evidence across 0 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from FACTS Grounding or LMArena Document. 4 of 6 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

Recommendation coverage

Where this model appears

Not currently included in a published recommendation. The task evidence panel above says exactly what is confirmed and what is still missing.

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