Which is cheaper, Qwen3.6 27B or Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking?

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking, at $1.54 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?

Qwen3.6 27B: $2.10 at Crof. Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking: $1.54 at Fireworks AI.

Can I buy both from one provider?

Yes. 11 providers sell both: Merge Gateway, TrustedRouter, Nous Portal, OpenRouter, Eden AI, SiliconFlow, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is Merge Gateway.

Which holds more context?

Qwen3.6 27B, at 262k tokens against 131k.

Qwen3.6 27B vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking.

model vs model · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking takes 3 of 5 rounds against Qwen3.6 27B. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $1.54 per million tokens against $2.10.

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 ↗

Alibaba Cloudwins 3 rounds

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking

$1.54/M tokens

cheapest we can explain, at Fireworks AI · $0.185 per 1,000 pages

131k context · tool calling · reads images · open weights

Fireworks AI ↗

List price in (lower wins)

$0.60/M

$0.40/M

List price out (lower wins)

$3.60/M

$4/M

Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)

$2.10/M at Crof

$1.54/M at Fireworks AI

Standard price (lower wins)

$5.40/M

$5.20/M

Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)

$0.21

$0.185

Context

262k tokens

131k tokens

Open weights

yes

Tool calling

yes

Structured output

yes

Reads images

yes

Reasoning

yes

Released

22 Apr 2026

23 Sept 2025

Providers selling it

Price we measure against

the maker's own

Trains on your prompts (no is better)

not stated

Providers selling both · 11

Merge Gateway$3.27 / $3.73
TrustedRouter$3.03 / $4.22
Nous Portal$2.90 / $5.20
OpenRouter$2.90 / $5.20
Eden AI$4.80 / $3.38
SiliconFlow$4.10 / $4.85
Kilo Gateway$4.05 / $5.20
NanoGPT$2.85 / $7.50

Qwen3.6 27B then Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking, per million tokens · showing the 8 cheapest of 11

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What moved in the last seven days

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B ThinkingNous Portal$0.32 / $3.20 $0.40 / $425% dearer · 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, Qwen3.6 27B or Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking?: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking, at $1.54 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?: Qwen3.6 27B: $2.10 at Crof. Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking: $1.54 at Fireworks AI.
Can I buy both from one provider?: Yes. 11 providers sell both: Merge Gateway, TrustedRouter, Nous Portal, OpenRouter, Eden AI, SiliconFlow, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is Merge Gateway.
Which holds more context?: Qwen3.6 27B, at 262k tokens against 131k.

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.