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Access Qwen3.6 27B from Qwen using Puter.js AI API.

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// npm install @heyputer/puter.js
import { puter } from '@heyputer/puter.js';

puter.ai.chat("Explain quantum computing in simple terms", {
    model: "qwen/qwen3.6-27b"
}).then(response => {
    document.body.innerHTML = response.message.content;
});
<html>
<body>
    <script src="https://js.puter.com/v2/"></script>
    <script>
        puter.ai.chat("Explain quantum computing in simple terms", {
            model: "qwen/qwen3.6-27b"
        }).then(response => {
            document.body.innerHTML = response.message.content;
        });
    </script>
</body>
</html>
# pip install openai
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.puter.com/puterai/openai/v1/",
    api_key="YOUR_PUTER_AUTH_TOKEN",
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="qwen/qwen3.6-27b",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Explain quantum computing in simple terms"}
    ],
)

print(response.choices[0].message.content)
curl https://api.puter.com/puterai/openai/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_PUTER_AUTH_TOKEN" \
  -d '{
    "model": "qwen/qwen3.6-27b",
    "messages": [
      {"role": "user", "content": "Explain quantum computing in simple terms"}
    ]
  }'

Model Card

Qwen3.6 27B is a dense 27-billion-parameter multimodal model from Alibaba's Qwen team, purpose-built for agentic coding and repository-level reasoning.

It scores 77.2% on SWE-bench Verified and 59.3% on Terminal-Bench 2.0, outperforming the previous-generation Qwen3.5-397B-A17B across all major coding benchmarks despite being far smaller. It natively supports text, image, and video inputs with a 262K-token context window, extendable to 1M tokens.

A standout feature is Thinking Preservation, which retains reasoning traces across conversation turns — reducing redundant computation in multi-step agent loops. The model uses a hybrid attention architecture combining Gated DeltaNet with traditional self-attention. Ideal for developers building coding agents, multi-turn tool-use workflows, or frontend generation pipelines.

Context Window 262K

tokens

Max Output 66K

tokens

Input Cost $0.6

per million tokens

Output Cost $3.6

per million tokens

Input text, image, video, audio

modalities

Tool Use Yes

 

Release Date Apr 22, 2026

 

Output Speed 61

tokens / sec

Latency 1.47s

time to first token

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Benchmarks

How Qwen3.6 27B performs on standard evaluations.

Artificial Analysis
Intelligence Index
45.8
Better than 90% of tracked models
Artificial Analysis
Coding Index
36.5
Better than 81% of tracked models
BenchmarkScore
GPQA Diamond Graduate-level science Q&A
84.2%
Humanity's Last Exam Cross-domain reasoning
21.6%
SciCode Scientific programming
39.8%
IFBench Instruction following
67.6%
LCR Long-context reasoning
68.7%
Terminal-Bench Hard Agentic terminal tasks
34.8%
τ²-Bench Tool use / agents
94.2%

Scores sourced from Artificial Analysis.

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Qwen3.7 Max

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Qwen3.6 Flash

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do I use Qwen3.6 27B?

You can access Qwen3.6 27B by Qwen through Puter.js AI API. Include the library in your web app or Node.js project and start making calls with just a few lines of JavaScript — no backend and no configuration required. You can also use it with Python or cURL via Puter's OpenAI-compatible API.

Is Qwen3.6 27B free?

Yes, it is free if you're using it through Puter.js. With the User-Pays Model, you can add Qwen3.6 27B to your app at no cost — your users pay for their own AI usage directly, making it completely free for you as a developer.

What is the pricing for Qwen3.6 27B?
Qwen3.6 27B costs $0.6 per 1M input tokens and $3.6 per 1M output tokens.
Price per 1M tokens
Input$0.6
Output$3.6
Who created Qwen3.6 27B?

Qwen3.6 27B was created by Qwen and released on Apr 22, 2026.

What is the context window of Qwen3.6 27B?

Qwen3.6 27B supports a context window of 262K tokens. For reference, that is roughly equivalent to 524 pages of text.

What is the max output length of Qwen3.6 27B?

Qwen3.6 27B can generate up to 66K tokens in a single response.

What types of input can Qwen3.6 27B process?

Qwen3.6 27B accepts the following input types: text, image, video, audio. It produces: text.

Does Qwen3.6 27B support tool use (function calling)?

Yes, Qwen3.6 27B supports tool use (function calling), allowing it to interact with external tools, APIs, and data sources as part of its response flow.

How does Qwen3.6 27B perform on benchmarks?

Qwen3.6 27B scores 45.8 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, outperforming 90% of tracked models. On coding, it scores 36.5 (outperforms 81% of models).

Does it work with React / Vue / Vanilla JS / Node / etc.?

Yes — the Qwen3.6 27B API works with any JavaScript framework, Node.js, or plain HTML through Puter.js. Just include the library and start building. See the documentation for more details.

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