Question 1

What is Qwen3.6 27B?

Accepted Answer

Qwen3.6 27B is a model from Qwen, released on Apr 22, 2026. Qwen3.6 27B is a dense 27-billion-parameter language model from the Qwen Team at Alibaba, released in April 2026. It features hybrid multimodal capabilities — accepting text, image, and video inputs — and supports a 262,144-token context window. The model is designed for agentic coding and reasoning tasks, with particular strength in repository-level code comprehension, front-end development workflows, and multi-step problem solving. It includes a built-in thinking mode for extended reasoning and preserves thinking context across conversation history. Qwen3.6 27B supports 201 languages and dialects and is released under the Apache 2.0 license.

Question 2

How much does Qwen3.6 27B cost?

Accepted Answer

On the Respan gateway, input starts at $0.32 per 1M tokens on DeepInfra and OpenRouter, and output starts at $2.48 per 1M tokens on EmpirioLabs, after gateway discounts. Averaged across 6 providers, it costs $0.42 per 1M input tokens and $3.02 per 1M output tokens.

Question 3

Which providers serve Qwen3.6 27B on Respan?

Accepted Answer

6 providers serve Qwen3.6 27B: DeepInfra, OpenRouter, IO.net, EmpirioLabs, Novita, and Groq. Groq requires your own provider API key (BYOK).

Question 4

What is Qwen3.6 27B's context window?

Accepted Answer

Qwen3.6 27B accepts up to 262K tokens of context on its largest provider route.

Question 5

How do I use Qwen3.6 27B with the Respan gateway?

Accepted Answer

Point any OpenAI-compatible SDK at https://api.respan.ai/api/ with your Respan API key and set the model to "qwen3.6-27b". To set it up with a coding agent, copy the agent setup prompt at the top of this page.

Question 6

How fast is Qwen3.6 27B?

Accepted Answer

Over the last 30 days of requests through the Respan gateway, the fastest provider was Novita at 48 tokens per second, and the lowest response latency was 3.4 seconds on OpenRouter. Speed varies with request size and provider.

Question 7

Where does Qwen3.6 27B rank on the Respan Index?

Accepted Answer

Qwen3.6 27B scores 20.8 out of 100 on the Respan Index v1.1, ranking #91 of 138 models. By category: Coding 6.6, Agents 24.6 (estimated), Reasoning 17.5, Knowledge & language 16.1, and Human preference 46.7 (estimated). The Respan Index combines independent and lab-reported benchmark results into one score, using benchmark data collected by llmmetric.com.

Question 8

How does Qwen3.6 27B score on benchmarks?

Accepted Answer

Qwen3.6 27B has 18 published benchmark scores, including SWE-bench Verified 77.2%, LiveBench Agentic Coding 39.3%, and GPQA Diamond 87.8%. Each score links to where it was published; the data is collected by llmmetric.com.

Provider	Context	Input	Output
DeepInfra`deepinfra/Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B`	262K	$0.32/M	$3.20/M
OpenRouter`openrouter/qwen/qwen3.6-27b`	262K	$0.32/M	$3.25/M
IO.net`ionet/Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B`	262K	$0.34/M	$2.94/M
EmpirioLabs`empiriolabs/qwen3-6-27b`	256K	$0.41/M	$2.48/M
NovitaSave 10%`novita/qwen/qwen3.6-27b`	262K	$0.54/M	$3.24/M
GroqBYOK only`groq/qwen/qwen3.6-27b`	131K	$0.60/M	$3.00/M

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