Which is cheaper, Qwen3.5 397B-A17B or Qwen3.6 27B?

Qwen3.5 397B-A17B, at $1.55 per million tokens against $2.10 for Qwen3.6 27B, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.

Where is each one cheapest?

Qwen3.5 397B-A17B: $1.55 at OrcaRouter. Qwen3.6 27B: $2.10 at Crof.

Can I buy both from one provider?

Yes. 21 providers sell both: Merge Gateway, Crof, Empirio Labs, Vultr Serverless Inference, Nous Portal, Chutes, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is Merge Gateway.

Which holds more context?

Both hold 262k tokens in one call.

Qwen3.5 397B-A17B vs Qwen3.6 27B.

model vs model · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

Qwen3.5 397B-A17B takes 1 of 5 rounds against Qwen3.6 27B. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $1.55 per million tokens against $2.10.

Alibaba Cloudwins 1 rounds

Qwen3.5 397B-A17B

$1.55/M tokens

cheapest we can explain, at OrcaRouter · $0.165 per 1,000 pages

262k context · tool calling · reads images · open weights

Alibaba Cloud

Qwen3.6 27B

$2.10/M tokens

cheapest we can explain, at Crof · $0.21 per 1,000 pages

262k context · tool calling · reads images · open weights

Crof ↗

List price in (lower wins)

$0.60/M

List price out (lower wins)

$3.60/M

Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)

$1.55/M at OrcaRouter

$2.10/M at Crof

Standard price (lower wins)

$5.40/M

Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)

$0.165

$0.21

Context

262k tokens

Open weights

yes

Tool calling

yes

Structured output

yes

Reads images

yes

Reasoning

yes

Released

15 Feb 2026

22 Apr 2026

Providers selling it

Price we measure against

the maker's own

Trains on your prompts (no is better)

not stated

Providers selling both · 21

Merge Gateway$1.55 / $3.27
Crof$2.80 / $2.10
Empirio Labs$1.55 / $3.71
Vultr Serverless Inference$2.90 / $2.90
Nous Portal$3.51 / $2.90
Chutes$4.35 / $2.90
Kilo Gateway$3.51 / $4.05
SiliconFlow$3.51 / $4.10

Qwen3.5 397B-A17B then Qwen3.6 27B, per million tokens · showing the 8 cheapest of 21

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What moved in the last seven days

Qwen3.5 397B-A17BEden AI$0.70 / $4.18 $0.69 / $4.150.7% cheaper · 16 Sept 2026
Qwen3.5 397B-A17BNous Portal$0.31 / $1.87 $0.39 / $2.3425% dearer · 16 Sept 2026
Qwen3.5 397B-A17BRequesty$0.60 / $3.60 $0.49 / $3.606% cheaper · 16 Sept 2026
Qwen3.6 27BNous Portal$0.24 / $1.60 $0.30 / $225% dearer · 16 Sept 2026
Qwen3.6 27BOfox$0.60 / $3.60 $0.43 / $2.5729% cheaper · 11 Sept 2026

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Qwen3.5 397B-A17B or Qwen3.6 27B?: Qwen3.5 397B-A17B, at $1.55 per million tokens against $2.10 for Qwen3.6 27B, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.
Where is each one cheapest?: Qwen3.5 397B-A17B: $1.55 at OrcaRouter. Qwen3.6 27B: $2.10 at Crof.
Can I buy both from one provider?: Yes. 21 providers sell both: Merge Gateway, Crof, Empirio Labs, Vultr Serverless Inference, Nous Portal, Chutes, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is Merge Gateway.
Which holds more context?: Both hold 262k tokens in one call.

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.