Qwen3.5 397B-A17B vs Qwen3.6 27B
Prices checked
Qwen3.5 397B-A17B takes 1 of 5 rounds against Qwen3.6 27B. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $0.37 per million tokens against $0.45.
Alibaba CloudWins 1 roundQwen3.5 397B-A17B
262k context · tool calling · reads images · open weights
$0.37/M tokensCheapest price, at AIHubMix · $0.16 per 1,000 pages
Alibaba CloudQwen3.6 27B
262k context · tool calling · reads images · open weights
$0.45/M tokensCheapest price, at LLM Gateway · $0.17 per 1,000 pages
Maker's price in (lower wins)
$0.60/M
$0.60/M
Maker's price out (lower wins)
$3.60/M
$3.60/M
Cheapest price (lower wins)
$0.37/M at AIHubMix
$0.45/M at LLM Gateway
Maker's price, blended (lower wins)
$1.35/M
$1.35/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
$0.16
$0.17
Context
262k tokens
262k tokens
Open weights
yes
yes
Tool calling
yes
yes
Structured output
yes
yes
Reads images
yes
yes
Reasoning
yes
yes
Released
15 Feb 2026
22 Apr 2026
Providers selling it
43
32
Price we measure against
the maker's own
the maker's own
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
not published
not published
Providers selling both · 20
Empirio Labs$0.39 / $0.93
Merge Gateway$0.39 / $0.93
Nous Portal$0.88 / $0.65
NanoGPT$0.88 / $0.71
TrustedRouter$1.15 / $0.47
Chutes$1.09 / $0.69
Kilo Gateway$0.88 / $1.01
SiliconFlow$0.88 / $1.03
Qwen3.5 397B-A17B, then Qwen3.6 27B, per million tokens; the 8 cheapest of 20.
Go further
Add a third or fourth model, or change the weighting, in the tool.
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Reka · 38% dearer · $0.20 / $3 $0.20 / $2
OpenRouter · 51% dearer · $0.32 / $3.20 $0.25 / $2- Nous Portal · 5% cheaper · $0.20 / $2 $0.25 / $2
Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, Qwen3.5 397B-A17B or Qwen3.6 27B?
- Qwen3.5 397B-A17B, at $0.37 per million tokens against $0.45 for Qwen3.6 27B, blended 3 in : 1 out, read on 31 Oct 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- Qwen3.5 397B-A17B: $0.37 at AIHubMix. Qwen3.6 27B: $0.45 at LLM Gateway.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 20 providers sell both: Empirio Labs, Merge Gateway, Nous Portal, NanoGPT, TrustedRouter, Chutes, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is Empirio Labs.
- Which holds more context?
- Both hold 262k tokens in one call.
Prices exclude tax, read 31 Oct 2026 from each provider's own catalog. They are per M tokens, blended 3 in : 1 out, and a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.