Migrating from qwen3-max to qwen3.6-max-preview
What changes when you move from qwen3-max to qwen3.6-max-preview: input price +8.3%, output price +30%.
- From
- qwen3-max
- Status
- Retired
- Shutdown
- Oct 10, 2026
- Time left
- —
- Status
- Retired
- Shutdown
- Oct 10, 2026
- Time left
- —
qwen3.6-max-preview is itself retired. Its replacement is qwen3.7-max.
Prices
USD per 1M tokens, standard tier| Type | qwen3-max | qwen3.6-max-preview | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input | $1.20first seen October 5, 2026 · source | $1.30first seen October 5, 2026 · source | +8.3% |
| Cached input | $0.24first seen October 5, 2026 · source | Not published | — |
| Output | $6.00first seen October 5, 2026 · source | $7.80first seen October 5, 2026 · source | +30% |
At 1M input and 250K output tokens a month: $2.70 on qwen3-max, $3.25 on qwen3.6-max-preview (+20.4%).
Other tiers, prompt-size bands and modalities are on each model's page.
Limits
TokensNeither company publishes a context window or output limit for these models.
Features and parameters
Compare modelsNeither company publishes feature facts for these models.
Aliases
All aliasesNo aliases point at either model.
Checklist
- Change the model string from
qwen3-maxtoqwen3.6-max-preview. - Re-check costs: qwen3.6-max-preview costs more than qwen3-max (input +8.3%, output +30%).
Compared from AIWire's published data when this page loaded. Each fact links to the page it came from. Model pages: qwen3-max, qwen3.6-max-preview.