Fugu Max vs Qwen3.6 Max Preview.
model vs model · prices as of
Qwen3.6 Max Preview takes 3 of 5 rounds against Fugu Max. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $7.61 per million tokens against $12.
Sakana AIFugu Max
$12/M tokens
Sakana AI list price, nothing below it is accounted for · $1.56 per 1,000 pages
1M context · tool calling · reads images
Alibaba Cloudwins 3 roundsQwen3.6 Max Preview
$7.61/M tokens
cheapest we can explain, at Eden AI · $0.811 per 1,000 pages
262k context · tool calling
List price in (lower wins)
$2/M
$1.30/M
List price out (lower wins)
$6/M
$7.80/M
Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)
none below list
$7.61/M at Eden AI
Standard price (lower wins)
$12/M
$11.70/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
$1.56
$0.811
Context
1M tokens
262k tokens
Open weights
not stated
no
Tool calling
yes
yes
Structured output
yes
not stated
Reads images
yes
no
Reasoning
yes
yes
Released
11 Sept 2026
20 Apr 2026
Providers selling it
9
15
Price we measure against
the maker's own
the maker's own
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
no provider to check
not stated
Providers selling both · 3
Nous Portal$12 / $9.24
LLM Gateway$12 / $11.70
Empirio Labs$12 / $11.81
Fugu Max then Qwen3.6 Max Preview, per million tokens
Go further
Add a third or fourth model, or switch the weighting, in the tool.
What moved in the last seven days
- Fugu MaxNous Portal$1.60 / $4.80 $2 / $625% dearer ·
- Qwen3.6 Max PreviewNous Portal$0.82 / $4.93 $1.03 / $6.1625% dearer ·
Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, Fugu Max or Qwen3.6 Max Preview?
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview, at $7.61 per million tokens against $12 for Fugu Max, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- Fugu Max: nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $12 is the number to beat. Qwen3.6 Max Preview: $7.61 at Eden AI.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 3 providers sell both: Nous Portal, LLM Gateway, Empirio Labs. The cheapest of them for the two together is Nous Portal.
- Which holds more context?
- Fugu Max, at 1M tokens against 262k.
Prices exclude tax and are per million tokens, read 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own catalog. The standard price blends three parts input to one part output; a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.