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Qwen3.6 Max Preview

API ID qwen3.6-max-preview

qwen3.6-max-preview was a Qwen model.

Status
Retired
Released
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Shutdown
Oct 10, 2026

qwen3.6-max-preview stopped serving on October 10, 2026. Recommended replacement: qwen3.7-max.

How to migrate to Qwen3.7 Max

Benchmarks

Scores as each source published them
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Comparing with Qwen3 Max, the previous model in this line. A score is compared only with the same benchmark from the same source, at the same setting where both have it. Full comparison: prices, limits, features

Arena

ArenaQwen3.6 Max PreviewQwen3 MaxChangeRankDateSource
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By category
  • Math 1477 rank 45 vs not rated
  • Creative writing 1438 rank 62 vs not rated
  • Instruction following 1451 rank 64 vs not rated
  • Hard prompts 1482 rank 62 vs not rated
  • Long prompts 1473 rank 57 vs not rated
  • Multi-turn 1468 rank 64 vs not rated
  • Expert 1500 rank 42 vs not rated
1460 ±8not rated60 of 415
5,431 votes		Oct 13, 2026source
Text: Coding1512 ±15not rated56 of 410
1,616 votes		Oct 13, 2026source
WebDev1482 ±12not rated63 of 142
2,719 votes		Oct 13, 2026source

Rated as qwen3.6-max-preview. Ratings come from people voting between two anonymous answers; Text is style-controlled, as on arena.ai. Data: Arena (arena.ai), CC BY 4.0.

Epoch AI

BenchmarkQwen3.6 Max PreviewQwen3 MaxChangeSettingRunSource
GPQA Diamond87.4%not runAug 7, 2026source
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202591.1%not runAug 7, 2026source
SimpleQA Verified52.0%not runAug 27, 2026source
SWE-bench Verified76.7%not runMay 28, 2026source

Run independently by Epoch AI. Data: Epoch AI, Capabilities & benchmarking (epoch.ai/benchmarks), CC BY.

Price history

USD per 1M tokens, standard tier
$0.00$2.00$4.00$6.00$8.00$10.00Oct 2026In $1.30Out $7.80Oct 5, 2026 to Oct 12, 2026: Input $1.30, Output $7.80
$0.00$2.00$4.00$6.00$8.00$10.00Oct 2026In $1.30Out $7.80Oct 5, 2026 to Oct 12, 2026: Input $1.30, Output $7.80

We started recording this model's prices on Oct 5, 2026. The history grows with each daily check.

Show as a table
FromTypePrice
Oct 5, 2026Input$1.30
Oct 5, 2026Output$7.80

Prices

USD per 1M tokens, every type and band, by tier
TypeBandPrice $/1MIn effect
Standard
inputup to 128k prompt$1.30
inputover 128k prompt$2.00
cache writeup to 128k prompt$1.625
cache writeover 128k prompt$2.50
outputup to 128k prompt$7.80
outputover 128k prompt$12.00

Changelog

Changes we detected on Qwen's pages
  1. Retired

    qwen3.6-max-preview has been retired

    Info

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