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qwen3.6-max-preview

Qwen3.6-Max-Preview is a proprietary frontier model from Alibaba Cloud built on a sparse mixture-of-experts architecture with approximately 1 trillion total parameters. It is optimized for agentic coding, tool use, and...

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qwen3.6-max-preview

Tokely price / 1M tokens

$5.97025input
$0cached input
$35.8215output

USD · Published rate · Updated 2026-10-06

OpenRouter reference$1.027 input · $6.162 output / 1M tokensStandard listed rates · 2026-10-06

Context window

262,144tokens · model specification

Model max output

65,536tokens

First request

Available
curl https://tokely.me/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKELY_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "qwen3.6-max-preview",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
    "max_tokens": 256
  }'

Set TOKELY_API_KEY to your dashboard key. Requests require a funded Tokely balance. Base URL: https://tokely.me/v1.

Compare nearby prices

USD per million tokens. Compare price and context; these are not quality benchmarks.
ModelInputOutputContext
qwen3.6-max-previewQwen · this model$5.97025$35.8215262,144
gemini-2.5-proGoogle$5.974313$35.8458751,048,576
gpt-6-solOpenAI$11.25$33.751,050,000
qwen3.5-plusQwen$5.5$33Unconfirmed
qwen3.5-plus-2026-02-15Qwen$5.5$331,000,000

Capabilities & limits

Provider
Qwen
API model ID
qwen3.6-max-preview
Category
Text
Endpoints
POST /v1/chat/completions
Tokely max output
65,536 tokens / request, including reasoning tokens
Default output
256 tokens. Set an explicit limit for longer responses.
Request limits
256 KB JSON body · 128 messages · 32 function tools
Rate limit
60 requests / minute / account, across its keys
Supported input
Text messages and function tool results
Model modalities
text. Tokely currently accepts text input.

The context includes your instructions, conversation history, tool definitions and generated output. Keep the input and requested output within the model’s context window.

OpenRouter model reference

API reference

Authenticate with Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKELY_API_KEY. Use an OpenAI SDK with the Tokely base URL.

model
Required string: qwen3.6-max-preview
messages
An array of system, developer, user, assistant and tool messages.
max_tokens
Optional integer, 1–65,536. Defaults to 256.
stream
Set true for Server-Sent Events (SSE).
reasoning_effort
Optional reasoning effort. Supported values depend on the model; omit to use its default.
tools
Function definitions executed by your application. Provider-hosted tools are not enabled.

The response contains choices with message or tool_calls, finish_reason, and usage (prompt_tokens, completion_tokens, total_tokens). Streaming sends chat completion chunks.

400 / 415
Invalid request, parameter, endpoint for this model, or content type.
401 / 403
Invalid, revoked or restricted API key.
402
Insufficient account balance or API key budget.
429
Request limit reached. Retry after the indicated delay.
502 / 503 / 504
Upstream failure, temporary service unavailability or request timeout.

Frequently asked questions

How much does qwen3.6-max-preview cost?

$5.97025 per million input tokens, $35.8215 per million output tokens and $0 per million cached input tokens. Usage is charged to your Tokely balance.

Do I need a separate Qwen account?

Use your Tokely API key and balance. A separate provider key is not required.

How do I switch to this model?

Set model to qwen3.6-max-preview and use /v1/chat/completions. Keep your Tokely base URL and API key.

What is the context window?

262,144 tokens, including input and output. The Tokely request body and output limits listed above also apply.