Which is cheaper, Qwen3.6 Flash or Step 3.7 Flash?

Step 3.7 Flash, at $1.40 per million tokens against $1.46 for Qwen3.6 Flash, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.

Where is each one cheapest?

Qwen3.6 Flash: $1.46 at Eden AI. Step 3.7 Flash: $1.40 at Nous Portal.

Can I buy both from one provider?

Yes. 8 providers sell both: Nous Portal, Eden AI, Kilo Gateway, OpenRouter, NanoGPT, Empirio Labs, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is Nous Portal.

Which holds more context?

Qwen3.6 Flash, at 1M tokens against 256k.

Qwen3.6 Flash vs Step 3.7 Flash.

model vs model · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

Step 3.7 Flash takes 4 of 5 rounds against Qwen3.6 Flash. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $1.40 per million tokens against $1.46.

Alibaba Cloud

Qwen3.6 Flash

$1.46/M tokens

cheapest we can explain, at Eden AI · $0.156 per 1,000 pages

1M context · tool calling · reads images

Eden AI ↗

StepFunwins 4 rounds

Step 3.7 Flash

$1.40/M tokens

cheapest we can explain, at Nous Portal · $0.151 per 1,000 pages

256k context · tool calling · reads images · open weights

Nous Portal ↗

List price in (lower wins)

$0.19/M

$0.18/M

List price out (lower wins)

$1.13/M

$1.11/M

Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)

$1.46/M at Eden AI

$1.40/M at Nous Portal

Standard price (lower wins)

$1.69/M

$1.67/M

Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)

$0.156

$0.151

Context

1M tokens

256k tokens

Open weights

yes

Tool calling

yes

Structured output

yes

not stated

Reads images

yes

Reasoning

yes

Released

27 Apr 2026

29 May 2026

Providers selling it

Price we measure against

the maker's own

Trains on your prompts (no is better)

not stated

Providers selling both · 8

Nous Portal$1.69 / $1.40
Eden AI$1.46 / $1.75
Kilo Gateway$1.69 / $1.75
OpenRouter$1.69 / $1.75
NanoGPT$1.73 / $1.75
Empirio Labs$2.25 / $1.75
LLMTR$2.25 / $1.75
TrustedRouter$2.37 / $1.85

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What moved in the last seven days

Qwen3.6 FlashNous Portal$0.15 / $0.90 $0.19 / $1.1325% dearer · 16 Sept 2026
Step 3.7 FlashNous Portal$0.13 / $0.74 $0.16 / $0.9225% dearer · 16 Sept 2026

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Qwen3.6 Flash or Step 3.7 Flash?: Step 3.7 Flash, at $1.40 per million tokens against $1.46 for Qwen3.6 Flash, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.
Where is each one cheapest?: Qwen3.6 Flash: $1.46 at Eden AI. Step 3.7 Flash: $1.40 at Nous Portal.
Can I buy both from one provider?: Yes. 8 providers sell both: Nous Portal, Eden AI, Kilo Gateway, OpenRouter, NanoGPT, Empirio Labs, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is Nous Portal.
Which holds more context?: Qwen3.6 Flash, at 1M tokens against 256k.

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.