Qwen3.6-Max-Preview

Preview of the largest Qwen3.6 model; text-only, with improved coding agent and front-end development.

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Specs

Context: 262.1K
Max output: 65.5K
Input price: $1.3/ 1M tokens
Output price: $7.8/ 1M tokens
Released: 2026-04-14

Context

Context window: 262.1K
Max input: 245.8K
Max output: 65.5K

Pricing · USD / 1M tokens

Input: $1.3
Output: $7.8
Cache read: $0.13
Cache write: $1.625

Modalities

Input: Text
Output: Text

API

API types: chat

Reasoning

Reasoning: Yes
Levels: —

Info

Status: Retired
Released: 2026-04-14
Knowledge cutoff: —

Features

Confirmed: toolsstructured_outputcaching

How to call

alibabamodel = qwen3.6-max-previewreasoning = enable_thinking

chat

POSThttps://{WorkspaceId}.ap-southeast-1.maas.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1/chat/completions

JSON

qwen3.6-max-preview.json

{
  "id": "qwen3.6-max-preview",
  "object": "model",
  "created": 1776124800,
  "owned_by": "alibaba",
  "name": "Qwen3.6-Max-Preview",
  "api": {
    "types": [
      "chat"
    ]
  },
  "limits": {
    "context": 262144,
    "input": 245760,
    "output": 65536
  },
  "modalities": {
    "input": [
      "text"
    ],
    "output": [
      "text"
    ]
  },
  "reasoning": {
    "supported": true,
    "efforts": []
  },
  "pricing": {
    "currency": "USD",
    "unit": "1M_tokens",
    "input": 1.3,
    "output": 7.8,
    "cache_read": 0.13,
    "cache_write": 1.625
  },
  "features": [
    "tools",
    "structured_output",
    "caching"
  ],
  "info": {
    "status": "retired",
    "release_date": "2026-04-14",
    "knowledge_cutoff": null,
    "description": "Preview of the largest Qwen3.6 model; text-only, with improved coding agent and front-end development.",
    "docs": "https://docs.modelstudio.console.alibabacloud.com/en/model-studio/qwen3-6-max",
    "verified_at": "2026-10-11"
  }
}

Official sources

qwen3.6-max-preview | Alibaba Cloud Model Studiodocs.modelstudio.console.alibabacloud.com2026-10-11 Model lifecycle and updates | Alibaba Cloud Model Studiowww.alibabacloud.com2026-10-11 Deep thinking | Alibaba Cloud Model Studiowww.alibabacloud.com2026-10-11 [Model Studio] Notice on the Postponed Retirement of Selected Legacy Models | Alibaba Cloudwww.alibabacloud.com2026-10-11