Qwen · Open weights

Qwen3.6 27B

Added Apr 23, 2026Open weights

Qwen3.6 27B is a native vision-language dense model with stronger agentic coding and STEM reasoning than Qwen 3.5 27B. It also improves spatial intelligence (including object localization/detection), plus video understanding, document OCR, and visual-agent workflows.

Tools
Vision
Video input

Input: Text, Images, Video
Output: Text
Discovery tier: Open weights

Pricing

USD per 1M tokens

Input: $0.20
Output: $2.24

Reference prices as published by the model provider. API example

Specifications

Context window: 262.1K
Max output: 65.5K

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Limits
	Qwen3.6 27BQwenThis model	Qwen 3.8 27B DarkIdolQwenRemove
Provider	Qwen	Qwen
Discovery tier	Open weights	Open weights
Added	Apr 23, 2026	Oct 5, 2026
Context window	262.14K	262.14K
Max output	65.54KBest	32.77K
Average output	—	554 tokens
Pricing, USD per 1M tokens
Input	$0.20	$0.10Best
Output	$2.24	$0.60Best
Cache read	—	$0.05
Performance
Throughput	—	38.3 tok/s
Time to first token	—	1.8 s
Request success (24h)	100.0%Best	90.3%
Capabilities
Reasoning	No	Yes
Tools	Yes	Yes
Vision	Yes	Yes
Video input	Yes	No
Reasoning effort	—	—

Public evaluations

Benchmarks

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Live routing data

Performance and reliability

Recent averages across requests routed for this model. Your own speed depends on prompt length, reasoning effort and load.

Request success (24h): 100.0%; Reliable

Hourly request success · last 72 hoursLowest hour 85.7%

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Developers

Use it through the API

Noumen’s API is OpenAI-compatible: any Chat Completions client works with a base URL and a key.

Read the quickstart

curl https://www.noumen.xyz/api/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $NOUMEN_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "qwen/qwen3.6-27b",
    "messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Explain this stack trace." }]
  }'

import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(base_url="https://www.noumen.xyz/api/v1", api_key=os.environ["NOUMEN_API_KEY"])
reply = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="qwen/qwen3.6-27b",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Explain this stack trace."}],
)
print(reply.choices[0].message.content)

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