Qwen3.6 Flash
Apr 2026
Qwen3.6 FlashCompare inon
Qwen3.6 Flash measured on 8 of 104 Chat & Knowledge benchmarks8
BenchmarkByScoreRank
Knowledge2
Reasoning1
Math3
Legacy · saturated or no longer reported2
No benchmark matches
Rankingconfiguration unstated?
Full ranking →···
61GLM 5.286.462Qwen3.6 Flash84.462GPT-5.584.4Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
CheaperClaude Haiku 5.5xhigh+17%-64%$0.12Remove sampling parameters+5
BetterGPT-6 Lunamax+17%-64%$0.068Function calling only with none · Chat Completions+3
OpenDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813max+17%+252%$0.67No image input+5CheaperGPT-5.6 Lunamax+16%-20%$0.18
CheaperGLM 5.3 FlashmaxOpen+11%-58%$0.28Defaults to max · Self-hosted+4ModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
Claude Haiku 5.5xhigh+17%-64%$0.12Remove sampling parameters+5GPT-6 Lunamax+17%-64%$0.068Function calling only with none · Chat Completions+3GPT-5.6 Lunamax+16%-20%$0.18GLM 5.3 FlashmaxOpen+11%-58%$0.28Defaults to max · Self-hosted+4GPT OSS 120BhighOpen+5%-89%$0.092Context: 1M → 131K+1ModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
GPT-6 Lunamax+17%-64%$0.068Function calling only with none · Chat Completions+3Claude Haiku 5.5high+15%-64%$0.079Remove sampling parameters+5GPT OSS 120BhighOpen+5%-89%$0.092Context: 1M → 131K+1GPT-5.6 Terralow+5%+700%$0.14Prompts with >272K input tokensGPT-5.6 Lunamax+16%-20%$0.18ModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813maxOpen+17%+252%$0.67No image input+5
Kimi K3maxOpen+15%+967%$2.00Sampling parameters are fixed+3Kimi K2.6unstatedOpen+14%+204%$0.95 / $4Context: 1M → 256KKimi K2.7 CodeunstatedOpen+13%+204%$0.95 / $4Context: 1M → 256K+1GLM 5.3 FlashmaxOpen+11%-58%$0.28Defaults to max · Self-hosted+4ModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
Qwen3.8 Max (0902)xhigh+18%—$2 / $6Context: 1M → 984KQwen3.7 Maxmax+13%—$1.48 / $4.43No image inputQwen3.7 Plusunstated+11%—$0.32 / $1.28Qwen3.6 Plusunstated+11%—$0.50 / $3Qwen3.6 27BunstatedOpen+8%—$0.60 / $3.60Context: 1M → 262KQwen3.6 Max Previewunstated+8%—$1.30 / $7.80Context: 1M → 262K+2Qwen3.5 397B A17BunstatedOpen+5%—$0.60 / $3.60Context: 1M → 262KQwen3.7 Flashunstated+3%—$0.03 / $0.13All Alibaba (Qwen) models →History
9 versionsBenchmarks
in Chat & KnowledgeGPQA Diamond · Epoch83.3#60
OTIS Mock AIME 2024 202584.4#62
FrontierMath10.3#25
FrontierMath Tiers 1–3 (v2)17.2#65
SimpleQA Verified v115.9#71
Chess Puzzles12#61
Mystery Game Puzzles12#50
FAQ
How much does Qwen3.6 Flash cost?›
$0.25 per 1M input tokens and $1.50 per 1M output tokens; cheapest via lab-qwen at $0.17 / $0.99.
Is Qwen3.6 Flash free to use?›
There is no free API; the cheapest paid price is $0.17 per 1M input tokens.
How good is Qwen3.6 Flash, and what is it best at?›
#71 of 83 in Chat & Knowledge.
Is Qwen3.6 Flash better than Qwen 3.5 Flash?›
On OTIS Mock AIME 2024 2025, Qwen3.6 Flash scores 84.4 vs 84.4 — about the same.
How can I use Qwen3.6 Flash?›
Through the API of Alibaba.
What is the context window of Qwen3.6 Flash?›
1M tokens, with up to 66K output tokens.
When was Qwen3.6 Flash released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2026-04-27. It is the current version in its line.
Is Qwen3.6 Flash open source?›
No, Qwen3.6 Flash is a closed model available through an API. The closest open-weights option here is DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813.
Can Qwen3.6 Flash read images?›
It accepts text and images, video as input.
What is Qwen3.6 Flash?›
Qwen3.6 Flash is a closed language model from Alibaba (Qwen), released Apr 2026.
What are the best alternatives to Qwen3.6 Flash?›
Claude Haiku 5.5 (cheaper), GPT-6 Luna (better), DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (open weights).