qwen3.6-27b pricing and alternatives

Paid / limited

Available from Groq

★★★★★★★★★★ 3.5 Benchmark-backed score

Qwen vision-language model for visual reasoning, documents, and agent tasks

Paid / limitedOpenAI compatibleReasoningTool callingJSON modeTextImage

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API Details

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Base URL

https://api.groq.com/openai/v1

Model ID

qwen/qwen3.6-27b

API format OpenAI Chat Completions + OpenAI Responses

Technical Details

qwen3.6-27b specifications

Provider and model catalog

Context window 131K

Max output 16K

Status Online

Family qwen

Released Apr 22, 2026

Last updated Aug 6, 2026

Free listing since Jul 13, 2026

Input text, image, video, audio

Output text

Capabilities reasoning, tool calling, structured output, file attachments, temperature control

Open weights Yes

Weights Hugging Face

External benchmark references

Benchmark	Score	Metric	Date
SWE-Bench Verified	77.2	resolved	Not listed

AI Recommendation

Should you use qwen3.6-27b?

qwen3.6-27b is listed for chat workloads and supports a 131K context window.

Use the comparison and availability sections before choosing this listing, because it is not currently marked as free.

Best for

Chat

Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths

Long context window
Reasoning mode listed
Tool calling support
Structured JSON output

Watch outs

No current free listing on this provider
Free-tier rate limits apply

Benchmark Overview

Benchmark signals for qwen3.6-27b

Measured data

Intelligence General reasoning and instruction following

37.1/100

Coding Programming and code generation

53.7/100

Agentic Tool use and multi-step tasks

27/100

Speed Observed generation speed

59 tok/s

Context Maximum listed context window

131K

Pricing

qwen3.6-27b pricing per 1M tokens

Provider pricing

Input $0.6 per 1M tokens

Output $3.6 per 1M tokens

Free access Not listed Groq

Rate limit 30 RPM, 1,000 RPD provider policy

Availability

qwen3.6-27b availability by provider

1 alternative

We found 2 provider listings for qwen3-6-27b. Check model ID, quota, pricing, and API format before switching providers.

Provider	Model listing	Access	Context	API	Limits
Groq	qwen/qwen3.6-27b	Paid	131K	OpenAI-style	30 RPM, 1,000 RPD
OVHcloud AI Endpoints	Qwen3.6-27B	Free tier	131K	OpenAI-style	2 RPM (anonymous)

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Compare

qwen3.6-27b alternatives to consider

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Model	Provider	Context	Access
Qwen3.6-27B	OVHcloud AI Endpoints	131K	Free tier
Moonshot Kimi K2	Groq	131K	Free tier
Moonshot Kimi K2 0905	Groq	131K	Free tier
groq/compound	Groq	131K	Free tier
groq/compound-mini	Groq	131K	Free tier

Typical Use Cases

qwen3.6-27b use cases

Chat

qwen3.6-27b is tagged for chat in this catalog and works with OpenAI-compatible client libraries.

FAQ

qwen3.6-27b free API FAQ

Is qwen3.6-27b free to use?

qwen3.6-27b is not currently marked as free on Groq.

What is the qwen3.6-27b model ID?

The model ID shown in this catalog is qwen/qwen3.6-27b.

What are the qwen3.6-27b free tier rate limits on Groq?

The listed free tier limit is 30 RPM, 1,000 RPD. Limits can change per account tier, so confirm against the provider dashboard.

What context window does qwen3.6-27b support?

The listed context window is 131K tokens with up to 16K output tokens.

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